{"product_id":"the-ties-that-blind-ted-galen-carpenter-9781948647410","title":"The Ties That Blind: How the U.S.-Saudi Alliance Damages Liberty and Security","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has cast a deep shadow over Washington's relationship with Saudi Arabia. The ever-changing story about how Khashoggi died undermines the Saudi government's already weak credibility and is illustrative of its extensive record of humans-rights abuses and outright war crimes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington's solicitous, even enabling, posture toward Saudi Arabia cannot disguise the fact that the Kingdom has never been a reliable U.S. ally. Unfortunately, U.S. leaders are far too willing to make moral compromises when security threats are modest. Abandoning essential moral standards and values for the defense of lesser interests is never justified. Yet that is precisely what that U.S. has done with Saudi Arabia for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published as a key section \u003cem\u003ePerilous Partners\u003c\/em\u003e, which Ted Galen Carpenter co-authored several years ago, \u003cem\u003eThe Ties That Blind\u003c\/em\u003e documents the many instances in which U.S. and Saudi interests diverged. Combined with the recent cases covered in the new material Carpenter has added to this book, the case for terminating the toxic U.S.-Saudi alliance, indefensible on both strategic and moral grounds, becomes more clear and urgent than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Galen Carpenter, Malou Innocent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948647419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948647410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cato Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Ted Galen Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526287970559,"sku":"9781948647410","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5c0f95f-b8a3-4a1a-b6f8-355c2d2ec8af.jpg?v=1737555738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ties-that-blind-ted-galen-carpenter-9781948647410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}