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000314981 1001_ $$aSimpson, William.
000314981 24514 $$aThe prince :$$bthe secret story of the world's most intriguing royal, prince Bandar bin Sultan /$$cWilliam Simpson.
000314981 24630 $$aBandar bin Sultan
000314981 250__ $$a1st ed.
000314981 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRegan Books,$$cc2006.
000314981 300__ $$ax, 480 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill. (some col.) ;$$c24 cm.
000314981 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [441]-467) and index.
000314981 5050_ $$aWho is Prince Bandar? -- Fighter pilot Prince -- The tip of the iceberg -- The years of intrigue -- Bandar the arms dealer -- A new world order -- The gulf explodes -- Peace in the Middle East -- The invisible ambassador -- 9/11 cataclysm -- Friends and the traveling court -- The private Prince Bandar -- Bandar: the enigma revealed -- A new life.
000314981 520__ $$aA riveting portrait of one of the most enigmatic yet influential powerbrokers in America - Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. For the last two and a half decades, the United States and Saudi Arabia have had a very special relationship - through war, oil crises, and global terrorism. At a time when understanding our friends is as important as knowing our enemies, understanding Prince Bandar bin Sultan may be the key to figuring out the Saudis. As the illegitimate son of a Saudi prince and a servant girl, Prince Bandar overcame his unrecognized beginnings to rise through the ranks of the Royal Saudi Air Force. Through his work with President Carter on the sale of F-15s to Saudi Arabia and his vital behind-the-scenes help in getting the Panama Canal Treaty through Congress, Bandar became one of Saudi Arabiaʾs brightest diplomatic stars - leading to his appointment as the Ambassador to the United States.
000314981 520__ $$aAs Ambassador, Bandar worked with President Reagan and CIA Director Bill Casey to win the Cold War with Saudi petrodollars. Seemingly in the thick of some of the most important world events of the last twenty-five years, Bandar played a key role in the Iran-Contra affair; convinced President Gorbachev to withdraw the Soviet military from Afghanistan; and negotiated an end to the Iran-Iraq war among others. A Machiavellian manipulator and a master tactician on the global chessboard, Bandar has had unmatched access to the Oval Office. George H. W. Bush took The Prince and his family fishing; Nancy Reagan used him to convey messages to her husbandʾs Cabinet; Colin Powell would drop by to play racquetball. During the Gulf War, Prince Bandar even became a de facto member of the National Security Council. In this biography, William Simpson pulls back the curtain for the first time on the fascinating and startling life of a man of contradictions - equally at home in the royal palace in Riyadh as on the ski slopes of Aspen or playing hardball politics with international heads of state; a super-wealthy playboy yet a devoted family man; an expert in subterfuge and misdirection, yet a straight talker trusted the world over; a man of peace and yet the biggest arms dealer in the world - who emerged throughout the 1980s and ʾ90s as one of the driving forces behind American foreign policy. Book jacket.
000314981 520__ $$aAlso includes information on Crown Prince Abdullah, Al-Yamamah, Arab-Israeli peace process, Yasser Arafat, James Baker, King Fahd, Gulf War, Sadam Hussein, Israel/Palestinian issue, Khobar bombing, Lockerbie Affair, Madrid Peace Conference, 9/11 investigation, etc.
000314981 60010 $$aBin Sultan, Bandar,$$cPrince.
000314981 650_0 $$aPrinces$$zSaudi Arabia$$vBiography.
000314981 650_0 $$aAmbassadors$$zSaudi Arabia$$vBiography.
000314981 651_0 $$aSaudi Arabia$$xForeign relations$$zUnited States.
000314981 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$zSaudi Arabia.
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