It is 80 years old now but still one of the more arresting images of the photographic age. On board the USS Quincy, an ailing Franklin Roosevelt meets King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia (or Ibn Saud, as the Anglo-American world knew him). And so begins, or at least deepens, the US role in the Middle East. Consider it FDR’s parting gift.
这张照片如今已有80年历史,但依然呈现照片时代最抓人眼球的画面之一。在美国“昆西号”巡洋舰(USS Quincy)上,病中的富兰克林•罗斯福(Franklin Roosevelt)会晤沙特阿拉伯国王阿卜杜勒阿齐兹(King Abdulaziz,英美世界称他为伊本•沙特(Ibn Saud)),由此开启——或者至少说是深化——美国在中东的角色。不妨将其视为罗斯福的临别礼物。
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