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Victor McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy demand and Saudi Arabia’s huge oil reserves. Oil Powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political, economic, and social connections that bolstered royal and executive power and the national-security state.
The extraordinary relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced both countries, often for the worse. There is no better guide to the origins of this complex alliance than McFarland’s new book. Anyone with an interest in the U.S. role in the Middle East should read it.
A lot of nonsense has been written since 9/11 about the history of United States-Saudi relations. Oil Powers gets it right.
McFarland’s superb, deeply researched book convincingly shows just how crucial the U.S.–Saudi alliance was in reorienting America’s foreign policy and the global economy in the 1970s. The legacies of these policies—wars in the Middle East, the rise of finance, and others—continue to shape global affairs today.
Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those interested in U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. McFarland makes a stirring argument for Saudi influence on the financialization and militarization of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East in the 1970s.
McFarland charts the growth of deep connections between the Saudi government and American big business, lobbyists and other corporate interests in the Washington DC “swamp”, and shows how these have entrenched executive power in the US, and royal power in Saudi Arabia, with the result that both governments have become less responsive to their people.
Suitable as a secondary text for a contemporary Middle East studies or international relations course or seminar.
Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those who are interested in the history of U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy.
McFarland’s compelling narrative is laced with the panic of oil market experts who warn that America’s oil intensive economy rendered the country vulnerable to market manipulation that soon comes to pass.
Victor McFarland is assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri.
The extraordinary relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has influenced both countries, often for the worse. There is no better guide to the origins of this complex alliance than McFarland’s new book. Anyone with an interest in the U.S. role in the Middle East should read it.
A lot of nonsense has been written since 9/11 about the history of United States-Saudi relations. Oil Powers gets it right.
McFarland’s superb, deeply researched book convincingly shows just how crucial the U.S.–Saudi alliance was in reorienting America’s foreign policy and the global economy in the 1970s. The legacies of these policies—wars in the Middle East, the rise of finance, and others—continue to shape global affairs today.
Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those interested in U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy. McFarland makes a stirring argument for Saudi influence on the financialization and militarization of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East in the 1970s.
McFarland charts the growth of deep connections between the Saudi government and American big business, lobbyists and other corporate interests in the Washington DC “swamp”, and shows how these have entrenched executive power in the US, and royal power in Saudi Arabia, with the result that both governments have become less responsive to their people.
Suitable as a secondary text for a contemporary Middle East studies or international relations course or seminar.
Erudite and eloquent, Oil Powers is required reading for all those who are interested in the history of U.S.-Saudi relations, oil politics, and the international political economy.
McFarland’s compelling narrative is laced with the panic of oil market experts who warn that America’s oil intensive economy rendered the country vulnerable to market manipulation that soon comes to pass.
Victor McFarland is assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri.