Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
25 May 2004
Summary
"Saudi Arabia is more and more an irrational state—a place that spawns global terrorism even as it succumbs to an ancient and deeply seated isolationism, a kingdom led by a royal family that can‘t get out of the way of its own greed. Is this the fulcrum we want the global economy to balance on?" In his explosive New York Times bestseller, See No Evil, former CIA operative Robert Baer exposed how Washington politics drastically compromised the CIA’s efforts to fight…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400052684 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1400052688 |
| Author: | Robert Baer |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books |
| Imprint: | Crown Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2004 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 131mm x 202mm |
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Critics Review
“A chilling evaluation of today’s geopolitical situation…highly recommended.” –Dallas Morning News “An unsettling, eye-opening account of our relationship with Saudi Arabia… [Baer] gets our attention.” –Boston Herald
“Details how an administration known for its vigilance on the international scene routinely and inexplicably spins, caves, and hops for the Saudis.” – The Washington Post
”[Baer] makes a strong case that Saudi Arabia-with skyrocketing birth rates, growing unemployment, a falling per capita income and a corrupt ruling family draining the public coffers-is a powder keg waiting to explode.” –Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Robert Baer
ROBERT BAER was a case officer in the Directorate of Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1976 to 1997. His overseas assignments included stints in locations such as Northern Iraq, Dushanbe, Rabat, Paris, Beirut, Khartoum, New Delhi, and elsewhere, handling agents that infiltrated Hizballah, PFLP-GC, PSF, Libyan intelligence, Fatah-Hawari, and al Qaeda. Fluent in Arabic, Farsi, French, and German, he divides his time between Washington, D.C., and France.
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