Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11

by Steve Fiffer, James A. Baker III, and Robert W Jordan

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In the spring of 2001, Robert Jordan was a Dallas attorney whom George Bush wanted for the ambassadorship in Saudi Arabia. Not yet confirmed on 9/11, Jordan's nomination sped through Congress for approval and he found himself on the ground in the Kingdom by early October. Jordan had no prior diplomatic experience-Saudi Arabia mandates that the U.S. Ambassador be a political appointee with the ear of the president-and was forced to learn to run an embassy, deal with a foreign culture, and protect U.S. interests on the job all in the wake of the most significant terrorist attack on...Read more
  • ISBN10 1612346707
  • ISBN13 9781612346700
  • Publish Date 15 August 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Potomac Books Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 248
  • Language English