America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia [audio 28min]

In her new book, Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia, Rachel Bronson chronicles a history of close and often difficult relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States. She argues, speaking with host Carol Castiel and VOA's Senior Middle East Correspondent Sonja Pace that, contrary to popular belief, the partnership was never simply about"oil for security."