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history, produced millions of barrels of oil daily by the late 1950s and, to a mind-boggling extent, successfully intervenedin international politics to protect its interests. Brown's skill in relating the complex relations among the Saudi royalfamily, the secretive oil executives and the American and British governments is no less impressive. The story begins withhow, between the World wars, Standard Oil challenged and?with the help of the same American government that hadbusted its trust?beat the British Empire in the race for the prize of Arabian oil. Brown hangs this part of his account on thelives and deeds of three men: Ibn Saud, the Arab prince allied with the British in WWI who founded the Saudi dynasty;John D. Rockefeller, the American oil baron; and Harry St. John Philby, a British agent who advised Ibn Saud. (Brownlikens Philby to his infamous son, Soviet spy Kim Philby, arguing that his loyalty to Ibn Saud led him to "betray" Britain byadvising the king ultimately to favor Standard Oil over the Empire.) Brown brings the reader through the post-WWIItransfer of World hegemony from the British Empire to the U.S., explaining the symbiosis of corporate and Saudi politicsagainst the backdrop of the Cold War, the Israeli-Arab conflict and the Iran-Iraq war. It's a great story well told. The onlyshortcoming is that Brown relies so heavily on Aramco documents that his history is skewed a little too much to thecorporate side, relegating geopolitics to a secondary, though still vital, role. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information,Inc.From Library Journal: Brown (Treason in Blood, LJ 11/15/94) presents a complex account of intrigue and internationalpolitics from the oil fields of the Middle East. Based on extensive research, including private ARAMCO (Arabian AmericanOil Company) files, Brown traces the discovery, development, and competition for control of the Saudi oil reserves fromWorld War I to the purchase of ARAMCO in 1988 by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company. As he examines the clash of Westernvalues with Eastern religious traditions, Brown reveals the influence many prominent individuals have had on oilpolicy?including Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Kissinger, Ibn Saud, John Philby, and Aristotle Onassis. Fast paced and highlyentertaining, Brown's history demonstrates a unique understanding of how the politics of Big Oil have reshaped globaleconomies. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries.?Robert L. Balliot Jr., East Greenwich Free Lib.,Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Booklist: Aramco, or the Arab American Oil Company, grew out of an agreement between Ibn Saud, who formedthe kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, and Standard Oil of California. In 1933 Ibn Saud granted the U.S. company oilexploration and production rights, and other American companies joined the consortium that became Aramco in 1944. Theimportant role of Aramco has been acknowledged in Anthony Sampson's The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies andthe World They Shaped (1975) and Daniel Yergen's The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (1990), wellnotedbooks written for popular audiences. Now Brown, who has written half a dozen books about British and U.S.espionage and intelligence operations, uncovers the shadowy details of the battle to win and keep control of the greatestconcentration of natural wealth in the World. With access to a cache of newly discovered personal papers belonging toWilliam E. Mulligan, Aramco's go-between with the Saudi government, Brown pulls back the veil of secrecy that hasalways surrounded Aramco. David RousePublisher's Weekly: A great story well told. Synopsis: Using company files, government documents, and personalinterviews, the author recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate efforts to gain access to the enormous resourcesunder the vast Arab desert.Ingram: Using Aramco files never before available to scholars or journalists, dozens of personal interviews, and U.S. andBritish government documents, Brown recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate maneuvers aimed at obtainingthis unimaginable wealth, an ongoing drama that involved such figures as the great warrior-king Ibn Saud, founder of theSaudi dynasty; H. St. John Philby, the British scholar-adventurer who was a chief adviser to the king; the Americanphilanthropist Charles Crane; Winston Churchill; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and assorted oil-industry executives andengineers across the United States.Book Description: Here is the extraordinary tale of what the U.S. State Department once called "the most valuablecommercial prize in the history of the planet," the vast oil reserves beneath the sands of the Arabian desert. UsingAramco files never before available to scholars or journalists, dozens of personal interviews, and U.S. and Britishgovernment documents, Anthony Cave Brown recounts the unceasing diplomatic and corporate maneuvers aimed atobtaining this unimaginable wealth, an ongoing drama that involved such figures as the great warrior-king Ibn Saud,founder of the Saudi dynasty; H. St. John Philby, the British scholar-adventurer who was a chief advisor to the king; theAmerican philanthropist Charles Crane; Winston Churchill; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and assorted oil-industry executivesand engineers across the United States. Played out against a background of war and the turmoil of an ancient culturethrust abruptly into the twentieth century, the struggle to obtain the prize was won by the United States, which emergedfrom the battle to become the dominant Western power in the Middle East.Still still still still skeptical? Well, keep on reading about the Globalist New World Order…..Would Greenspan and his fellow Fed technicians manipulate the U.S. markets to assist their insider confreres in buildingthe supranational economic and political structures of the EU and EMU? Of course! They and their predecessors have beendoing exactly that — and more — since World War II to bring to fruition this important component of their planned NewWorld Order. Hilaire du Berrier, who publishes the authoritative HduB Reports from Monaco, was for many years a lonevoice warning of the growing dangers of the regional super government now known as the EU. "The CFR," wrote duBerrier in January 1973, "saw the Common Market from the first as a regional government to which more and morenations would be added until the World government which [the] UN had failed to bring about would be realized. At afavorable point in the Common Market’s development America would be brought in. But the American public had to besoftened first and leaders groomed for the change-over."The Hidden History Of Money & New World Order Usury Secrets Revealed at last! Page 630