Saudi Arabia: Post-War Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Post-War Issues and U.S. Relations

Saudi Arabia, a monarchy ruled by the Saudi dynasty, enjoys special importance in the international community because of its unique association with the Islamic religion and its oil wealth. Since the establishment of the modern Saudi kingdom in 1932, it has benefitted from a stable political system based on a smooth process of succession to the throne and an increasingly prosperous economy dominated by the oil sector. Decrees by King Fahd in March 1992 establishing an appointive consultative council and provincial councils and promulgating a basic law providing for certain citizens' rights could signal a gradual trend toward a more open political system.
Date: April 13, 2001
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Press Freedom in Saudi Arabia War Reporting: A Case Study of the Gulf and Yemen Wars (open access)

Press Freedom in Saudi Arabia War Reporting: A Case Study of the Gulf and Yemen Wars

This study examined press freedom in Saudi Arabia coverage in two study periods, which are the Gulf and Yemen wars. Six Saudi newspapers, which represent Saudi regions, have been content analyzed. They are: Al Riyadh, Al Yaum, Al Nadwah, Mecca, Okaz, and Al Jazirah. The major questions are: What are the most salient issues Saudi newspapers dealt with in their editorials during the study period? What are the differences between the two periods of study? And what are the differences between the editorial features of the Gulf and Yemen wars? The normative theory-press freedom theory was conducted for this study. The results support the lack of press freedom during the Gulf War. In contrast, some newspapers have significantly improved their performance during the Yemen War, using a higher level of press freedom.
Date: December 2019
Creator: Huraysi, Mohammed
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia: Post-War Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Post-War Issues and U.S. Relations

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Date: December 14, 2001
Creator: Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Guthrie, July 5, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Guthrie, July 5, 2002

Interview with Sergeant Major Lewis R. Guthrie, a United States Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and actions in Somalia. Guthrie answers questions and expands on his many experiences during the wars he fought in, where he trained, the supplies and rations they were given, and the combat that he saw.
Date: May 4, 2003
Creator: Miller, Fawn & Guthrie, Lewis R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Guthrie, July 5, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Guthrie, July 5, 2002

Interview with Sergeant Major Lewis R. Guthrie, a United States Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and actions in Somalia. Guthrie answers questions and expands on his many experiences during the wars he fought in, where he trained, the supplies and rations they were given, and the combat that he saw.
Date: July 5, 2002
Creator: Miller, Fawn & Guthrie, Lewis R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 11, Chapter 4. The Middle East Since 1958 (open access)

Current Study 11, Chapter 4. The Middle East Since 1958

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter focuses on Middle Eastern countries and their roles in the Cold War. This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: October 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002

Interview with Eric Suggs, an avionics systems expert in the US Air Force. He describes his observations on life in Saudi Arabia.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Gace, Michael & Suggs, Eric
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002

Interview with Eric Suggs, an avionics systems expert in the US Air Force. He describes his observations on life in Saudi Arabia.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Gace, Michael & Suggs, Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul R. Nixon (open access)

Oral History Interview with Paul R. Nixon

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul R. Nixon. Nixon grew up in Kenya. After reporting for duty in Nairobi, he enlisted in the Army at 20 in Eritrea. He was assigned as an engineer near Cairo, Egypt. While on guard duty, he saw Faruk I, King of Egypt. His work involved mostly civil engineering. He won a trip to Palestine. After visiting, he then traveled through Iran and Iraq by plane to assist in building an airport in Dhahran, Arabia. Although VJ Day occurred while the work was still being laid out, the team still went forward with the work. The surveying team had to move out of the ARAMCO facilities when ships brought the construction team to the future airport. Then the surveying team went to a location halfway between Cairo and Dhahran, Duwaid, to built another emergency airport. He is sent by land back to Dhahran so that he can be a guide for the return trip. Then Nixon returned to Cairo. From Cairo he traveled to Alexandria, then to France and Belgium. He was assigned to Bad Neuheim and became a chaplain's assistant. He was discharged at Fort Dix, New …
Date: unknown
Creator: Nixon, Paul R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leigh D. Josephson, May 27, 1986

Interview with executive of Caltex Petroluem Corporation, Leigh D. Josephson, including his personal experiences related to employment with Standard Oil of California, his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex, the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia, and the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain. Josephson also talks about refinery operations in Bahrain during and after World War II, his various positions and responsibilities with Caltex and Bapco, work in Bahrain and the Philippines, his personal relationship with the Bahraini royal family, and the OPEC and Arab oil embargoes in 1967.
Date: May 27, 1989
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Josephson, Leigh D.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Briefs] (open access)

[News Script: Briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon who reportedly has taken full responsibility for a series of wiretaps of officials and newsmen from 1969 to 1971.
Date: July 14, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jeffrey Gill, November 16, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jeffrey Gill, November 16, 2004

Interview with Jeffrey Gill, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served as a staff sergeant from 1995-2002 in Korea and Saudi Arabia. Gill describes his time as a hazmat technician, as well as the most and least memorable moments of his military career.
Date: June 15, 2005
Creator: McBride, Angelo & Gill, Jeffrey
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jeffrey Gill, November 16, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jeffrey Gill, November 16, 2004

Interview with Jeffrey Gill, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served as a staff sergeant from 1995-2002 in Korea and Saudi Arabia. Gill describes his time as a hazmat technician, as well as the most and least memorable moments of his military career.
Date: November 16, 2004
Creator: McBride, Angelo & Gill, Jeffrey
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 25, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, February 25, 1945]

Letter Cecile from her father about "O'mama's" and Blanche's health, Mr. Griffin's death, Cecile's tax return, and US involvement in the Middle East.
Date: February 25, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: American Reserves] captions transcript

[News Clip: American Reserves]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 13, 1990, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "Men Didn't Have to Prove They Could Fly, But Women Did"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Men Didn't Have to Prove They Could Fly, But Women Did"]

Photocopy of an article about the death of Marvel Crosson, the sabotage of the Women's Air Derby, how it changed woman aviation history, the Ninety-Nines, female aviators, how they gained popularity, the Powder Puff Derby, female aviation achievments, female astronauts, and how the woman aviators are presently doing.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Saudi Jeddah, Ft. Worth based airmen in Saudi Arabia] captions transcript

[News Clip: Saudi Jeddah, Ft. Worth based airmen in Saudi Arabia]

Video footage from the NBC 5/KXAS station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about airmen from the Carswell Air Force Base in Forth Worth, Texas who are stationed in Saudi Arabia. This story was produced for the 6:00 P.M. news broadcast.
Date: November 21, 1990, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia: Reform and U.S. Policy (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Reform and U.S. Policy

This report provides an overview of the reform issue in Saudi Arabia, and issues surrounding U.S. policies to support liberalization in Saudi Arabia.
Date: October 13, 2004
Creator: Sharp, Jeremy M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon trip] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon trip]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon who continued his five nation swing through the middle East.
Date: June 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya (open access)

The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya

This report provides a background on these traditions and their relationship to active terrorist groups; it also summarizes recent charges and responses, including the findings of the final report of the 9/11 Commission and relevant legislation in the 110th Congress.
Date: January 24, 2008
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mid East Fighting] (open access)

[News Script: Mid East Fighting]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Israeli planes which are struck in village in Lebanon.
Date: May 13, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Middle East] (open access)

[News Script: Middle East]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the United States and Saudi Arabia which entered into an agreement aimed at strengthening military and economic ties between the two countries.
Date: June 8, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon who is enrouting to Cairo where Egyptian president Sadat has prepared an enthusiastic welcome.
Date: June 12, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

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Date: August 2, 2006
Creator: Prados, Alfred B. & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library