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Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude
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Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude
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Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude
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Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude

Written by Robert Baer

Narrated by Robert O'Keefe

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Former CIA operative Robert Baer examines the dangers behind America's collaboration with Saudi Arabia. Nominally based on a "harmony of interests" - the Saudis sold their oil to the American government very inexpensively - what we offered in exchange has damaged our position in the Middle East and left our country vulnerable to economic and terrorist threats. Baer goes behind the scenes to show how the U.S. willingly overlooked the corruption of the Saudi royal family, its financing of violent Islamic fundamentalist groups that spread hatred of the West throughout Saudi society, and its bribery of American officials. From a close-up with a corrupt Arab family to the inside scoop on how we helped fund the Taliban, Baer shows what's at stake in our pursuit of oil.


From the Compact Disc edition.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 15, 2003
ISBN9780739304150
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Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    An essential book about Iran and the Middle East written by someone who understands the history, culture and outlook of that region from first hand experience. Robert Baer's other books, See No Evil and Sleeping With the Devil are both first rate, but this one tops this others, especially because its focus is on contemporary issues that bear directly on the United States and Iran. It should be at the top
    of Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's reading lists (assuming, of course, that they have reading lists!).
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Wow. I was pleasantly surprised by the insights that this book provided into the development of the toxic relationship that the US has formed with the Saudis and their wahabist extremist offspring, without too much of the authors own political views. Highly recommend anyone who could use a crash course in this area of affairs and the middle East in general.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    The unknown side of earth as with the moon has its own darkness.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This book was perfect for understanding where Iran is today since its revolution in 1979. Robert Baer focused primarily on Iran’s foreign policy strategy throughout the Middle East. He argues that Iran, far from being a regime run by apocalyptic religious fundamentalists out to nuke Israel, is a shrewd and calculating political player in the region. Its ultimate goal; to make the US accept Iran as an equal power and replace America as the dominating force in the Middle East. I was astonished reading about how far Iran’s reach goes and how much weight it carries in places like Iraq and Lebanon. Baer also notes how Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, has won the hearts and minds of Shias and Sunnis alike throughout the Muslim world. This book should serve as a wake up call that Iran is winning in the Middle East and the US should either find a way towards peace or start gearing up for a hundred year war in the region. Highlights: - Iran wants nuclear capability but would never create a nuclear weapon , doing so would jeopardize all the progress that it has made.- Iran plans on controlling all the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. With large Shia populations in many Gulf states this is making Arab countries more willing to acquiesce to Iran’s demands.- Baer believes that our best option with Iran is diplomacy and that in the long run a US-Iran alliance will be successful in terms of stability in Iraq, better hopes of a peace deal between Israel and Palestine, and more cooperation in containing the Taliban in Afghanistan.