FDR’s Appointment at The Great Bitter Lake: 14 February 1945, Part 2
FDR’s meeting with King Ibn Saud on the Great Bitter Lake has had ramifications for U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations for decades.
Robert MorrisonDecember 18, 2015
FDR’s Appointment at The Great Bitter Lake: 14 February 1945, Part 1
President Barack Obama evoked howls of disapproval from his opponents when, in early 2009, he bowed before King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, the absolute ruler of Saudi Arabia. This high profile encounter—the President was attending a G-20 Summit in London—provided a marked contrast with the almost entirely overlooked first meeting of a President and the monarch of the Desert Kingdom.
Robert MorrisonDecember 17, 2015
