| The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power Contributor(s): Abukhalil, As'ad (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583226109 ISBN-13: 9781583226100 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $9.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: Arab American scholar As' Ad Abukhalil examines Saudi society, its history, religion, and ethnic tribalism, and the shared interests, tensions, and contradictions inherent in U.S.-Saudi relations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| LCCN: 2006283307 |
| Series: Open Media Books |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.14" W x 7.14" (0.49 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power, Professor As ad AbuKhalil confronts the contradictory nature of Saudi Arabia--questions that both the Saudi government, long shrouded in mystery, and the United States government, ever protective of its own interests, seem unwilling to answer. In this unsparing probe into the history and power structure of the kingdom, Professor AbuKhalil, author of Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New War on Terrorism, affords the reader unique insight into the intense friction that underlies the increasingly precarious balance between the Saudi royal family and the fundamentalist clerical establishment. |