TY - BOOK AU - Vitalis,Robert TI - America's kingdom: mythmaking on the Saudi oil frontier SN - 0804754462 | 978-0804754460 AV - HD9576.S334 A738 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Stanford, Calif PB - Stanford University Press KW - Arabian American Oil Company KW - History KW - Saudi Aramco KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Saudi Arabia KW - United States KW - Foreign relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references ( p.279-338) and index; Foreword -- Cast of characters -- Captive narratives: a brief and unexceptional introduction to the history of firms and states -- Part 1. The nearest faraway place -- Arabian frontiers -- American camp -- The wizards of Dhahran -- Part 2. Desire's empty quarter -- Ayyam al-Kadalak (days of the Cadillac) -- Eye of the desert -- El jefe rojo -- America's kingdom -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index ER -