@article{314981,
      author = {Simpson, William.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/314981},
      title = {The prince : the secret story of the world's most  intriguing royal, prince Bandar bin Sultan /},
      publisher = {Regan Books,},
      abstract = {A riveting portrait of one of the most enigmatic yet  influential powerbrokers in America - Prince Bandar bin  Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador  to the United States from 1983 to 2005. For the last two  and a half decades, the United States and Saudi Arabia have  had a very special relationship - through war, oil crises,  and global terrorism. At a time when understanding our  friends is as important as knowing our enemies,  understanding Prince Bandar bin Sultan may be the key to  figuring out the Saudis. As the illegitimate son of a Saudi  prince and a servant girl, Prince Bandar overcame his  unrecognized beginnings to rise through the ranks of the  Royal Saudi Air Force. Through his work with President  Carter on the sale of F-15s to Saudi Arabia and his vital  behind-the-scenes help in getting the Panama Canal Treaty  through Congress, Bandar became one of Saudi Arabiaʾs  brightest diplomatic stars - leading to his appointment as  the Ambassador to the United States.},
      recid = {314981},
      pages = {x, 480 p., [16] p. of plates :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2006},
}