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The 1973 Oil Embargo and US-Saudi Relations: An Episode in New Imperialism

Sher, Nathaniel David
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1495977646733298

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2017, BA, Oberlin College, History.
This thesis examines the impact of the 1973 oil embargo on US-Saudi relations. It asks how and why the US and Saudi Arabia remained long-term allies after a five-month period of economic warfare. Most prior research focuses on the factors that influenced the embargo's implementation, failing to fully explain its resolution. This thesis explores the latter issue by appealing to US government memos, OAPEC meeting transcripts, and US-Saudi telegrams. It argues that, after five months of rhetorical and material distance, the US and KSA realigned over symbiotic trade dynamics-- “arms for oil"--and mutual opposition to communism. This subject remains important today insofar as it contextualizes an ongoing relationship with one of the United States’ most important allies in the Middle East, the region's largest oil exporter and arms importer.
Zeinab Abul-Magd (Advisor)
Renee Christine Romano (Committee Chair)
86 p.
Economic History; History; International Relations; Middle Eastern History; Modern History; Near Eastern Studies; World History
Oil Embargo, 1973, United States, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Arms, Petrodollars, Cold War, Imperialism

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  • Sher, N. D. (2017). The 1973 Oil Embargo and US-Saudi Relations: An Episode in New Imperialism [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1495977646733298

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sher, Nathaniel. The 1973 Oil Embargo and US-Saudi Relations: An Episode in New Imperialism. 2017. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1495977646733298.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sher, Nathaniel. "The 1973 Oil Embargo and US-Saudi Relations: An Episode in New Imperialism." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1495977646733298

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