In 1954 Aristotle Onassis (long before he married Jacqueline Kennedy) made a bold business gamble: he tried to corner the Crude oil shipping market by signing a deal with the King of Saudi Arabia. in the Arab world.. foreign policy, anyone interested in the global oil business, and scholars and historians of the role of the U.
S.
Drawing on the author\'s immense knowledge of the Middle East, and original research incorporating unexplored declassified documents, the book is an eye-opener for students of U.
S.
This little known story about the collision of nationalism, money, celebrity, and oil sheds new light on the tangled history of the Middle East.
And of course there were the Soviets, now without Stalin, eager to build influence in the region.
Complicating things were the burgeoning Arab nationalist movement led by Egypt\'s newly elected president, Gamal Nasser. oil companies and the Dulles brothers, who saw it as the first move in the nationalization of Saudi oil.
As it was, the proposed deal terrified British and U.
S.
If it had worked, it would have reshaped the history of the Middle East.
In 1954 Aristotle Onassis (long before he married Jacqueline Kennedy) made a bold business gamble: he tried to corner the Crude oil shipping market by signing a deal with the King of Saudi Arabia
