As OPEC approaches its 50th anniversary, the paperback edition of Nathan                  J. Citino's well-received study advances a challenging, revisionist interpretation                  of U.S.-Saudi relations and OPEC's historical significance. Citino re-examines the                  relationship between President Eisenhower and King Sa'ud in the context of the                  transition from British imperial hegemony to an American capitalist order in the                  Middle East. He shows how the political realignment that resulted in OPEC ensured                  that wealth and power subsequently remained in the hands of oil-producing                  governments. Using American and British archives, corporate records, and Arabic                  sources, this work reinterprets the foundations of U.S. Middle East policy, the                  modern Saudi state, and the global politics of oil.

From Arab Nationalism to OPEC: Eisenhower, King Sa'ud, and the Making of U.S.-Saudi Relations (Indiana Series in Middle East Studies) PDF

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