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Desert Diplomat
2015
Overview
In the spring of 2001, George W. Bush selected Dallas attorney
Robert W. Jordan as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Jordan's
nomination sped through Congress in the wake of the terrorist
attacks on 9/11, and he was at his post by early October, though
with no prior diplomatic experience, as Saudi Arabia mandates that
the U.S. Ambassador be a political appointee with the ear of the
president. Hence Jordan had to learn on the job how to run an
embassy, deal with a foreign culture, and protect U.S. interests,
all following the most significant terrorist attacks on the United
States in history.
From 2001 through 2003, Jordan worked closely with Crown Prince
Abdullah and other Saudi leaders on sensitive issues of terrorism
and human rights, all the while trying to maintain a positive
relationship to ensure their cooperation with the war in
Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq. At the same time he worked
with top officials in Washington, including President Bush, Dick
Cheney, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, George
Tenet, and Tommy Franks. Desert Diplomat discusses these
relationships as well as the historic decisions of Jordan's tenure
and provides a candid and thoughtful assessment of the sometimes
distressing dysfunction in the conduct of American foreign policy,
warfare, and intelligence gathering. Still involved in the Middle
East, Jordan also offers important insights into the political,
economic, and social changes occurring in this critical region,
particularly Saudi Arabia.
Publisher
Potomac Books,University of Nebraska Press,Potomac Books, Incorporated
Subject
ISBN
9781612346700, 1612346707
