VOA NEWS: AMERICA'S OWN LAWRENCE OF ARABIA PLAYED KEY ROLE IN EARLY U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS
November 05, 2008
November 05, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Mohamed Elshinnawi
He's not as well-known a figure in the modern history of the Middle East as Britain's T.E. Lawrence, but a U.S. Marine Corps colonel named Bill Eddy has been described as America's own Lawrence of Arabia. Eddy played a crucial role after World War II in forging a bond between the United States and Saudi Arabia and in shaping U.S. policies in the Middle East. T . . .
By Mohamed Elshinnawi
He's not as well-known a figure in the modern history of the Middle East as Britain's T.E. Lawrence, but a U.S. Marine Corps colonel named Bill Eddy has been described as America's own Lawrence of Arabia. Eddy played a crucial role after World War II in forging a bond between the United States and Saudi Arabia and in shaping U.S. policies in the Middle East. T . . .