Desert Diplomat: Inside Saudi Arabia Following 9/11

by Steve Fiffer and Robert W. Jordan

Book Overview

In the spring of 2001, George W. Bush selected Dallas attorney Robert W. Jordan as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Jordan's nomination sped through Congress in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and he was at his post by early October, though with no prior diplomatic experience, as Saudi Arabia mandates that the U.S. Ambassador be a political appointee with the ear of the president. Hence Jordan had to learn on the job how to run an embassy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612346707
• ISBN13: 9781612346700
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"