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Kings and presidents : Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR / Bruce Riedel.

by Riedel, Bruce O., author.

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Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2018]

Āl Saʻūd, House of.

United States -- Foreign relations -- Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia -- Foreign relations -- United States.

9780815731375 (hardcover)

081573137X (hardcover)

Geopolitics in the 21st century.

xv, 251 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

FDR and Ibn Saud, 1744 to 1953 -- Faisal, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, 1953 to 1975 -- Khalid and Carter, 1975 to 1982 -- Fahd, Reagan, and Bush, 1982 to 1992 -- Abdallah, Clinton, and Bush, 1993 to 2008 -- Obama and Trump, Abdallah and Salman, 2009-2017 -- Whither Saudi Arabia -- Appendix: The official record on Saudi Arabia and 9/11.

"An insider's account of the often-fraught U.S.-Saudi relationship. Saudi Arabia and the United States have been partners since 1943, when President Franklin Roosevelt met with two future Saudi princes--future monarchs representing their father, King Ibn Saud--at the White House. Subsequent U.S. presidents have had direct relationships with those kings and their successors, setting the tone for a special partnership between an absolute monarchy with a unique Islamic identity and the world's most powerful democracy. Although based in large part on economic interests, the U.S.-Saudi relationship has rarely been smooth. Differences over Israel have caused friction since the early days, and ambiguities about Saudi involvement-- or lack of it-- in the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States continue to haunt the relationship. Now, both countries have new, still-to be-tested leaders in President Trump and King Salman. Bruce Riedel has followed these kings and presidents during his decades-long career at the CIA, the White House, and the Brookings Institution. Kings and Presidents offers an insider's account of the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Using declassified documents, memoirs by both Saudis and Americans, and eyewitness accounts, this book takes the reader inside the royal palaces, the holy cities, and the White House to gain an understanding of this complex partnership"--Jacket.

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