In this excellent new book, riedel tells the history of ussaudi ties through the interactions. Fdr and ibn saud, as they were known popularly, could not have been more different. The only book written by a participant in the first meeting between the president of the united states and the king of saudi arabia, the february 14, 1945 middle east conference, held onboard the uss quincy on the great bitter lake of the suez in egypt. King ibn saud is the most influential figure in the arab and moslem world generally. Franklin roosevelt and ibn saud meeting aboard the u. King abdul aziz ibn saud of saudi arabia center meeting with president franklin d. King by conquest is full of such fascinating tidbits, and the quality of writing is uniformly superb throughout the book. Part of the the world of the roosevelts book series wooroo. The imaam muhammad ibn saud university program utilizes islamic texts as its core material.
President roosevelt and winston churchill were returning from their meeting with stalin at yalta. The meeting between abdul aziz ibn saud and franklin d. Thus began the improbable meeting between roosevelt and the desert. A student who chooses this program benefits from the correlation between new arabic vocabularygrammar and islamic themes and terminology. King by conquest, died on february 11, 2012, due to complications following a traffic accident. Roosevelt aboard the uss quincy in great bitter lake.
The briefing book also revealed that the king was a fierce warrior, a skillful politician and a devout muslim who abhorred liquor and tobacco. The meeting was instigated by president roosevelt who hoped that ibn saud might be able to offer constructive advice on the palestine issue. Fdr hoped this meeting would build a new world order to prevent another global. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Additionally, the book starts by summarizing arabias history prior to ibn saud, and ends with a long chapter summarizing developments since ibn sauds death in 1953 and up to about 2010. Fdr also knew that saudi arabia badly needed outside funds for. Eddy and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Abdulaziz ibn abdul rahman ibn faisal ibn turki ibn abdullah ibn muhammad al saud arabic. This council was later expanded to 20 members, and was chaired by the kings son, faisal. The book reads like a novel, and includes important personal events and cultural explanations that help one not just understand the story of ibn saud, but the foundations of modern saudi arabia. Then he prepared for his meeting with ibn saud by studying a briefing book, which reported that the kings three admitted delights in life are said to be women, prayer and perfume. Near and middle east, in agenda for the post war planning meeting of march 20, 1943.