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Lacey, Robert.
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Lacey, Robert -- Travel -- Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia -- History -- 1932-
Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government -- 1982-
Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia -- Description and travel.
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Lacey, Robert.
Lacey, Robert -- Travel -- Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia -- History -- 1932-
Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government -- 1982-
Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia -- Description and travel.
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Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia / Robert Lacey.
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Lacey, Robert.
Viking, 2009.
Call #:
953
.8
L131i
Subjects
Lacey, Robert -- Travel -- Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia -- History -- 1932-
Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government -- 1982-
Saudi Arabia -- Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780143173557
9780670064021
9780670021185
Description:
xxiii, 404 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Sequel to: The Kingdom. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, c1981.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-380) and index.
Contents:
Preface: Welcome to the Kingdom -- Note on the Islamic calendar -- pt. 1. Kingdom of God. Angry face -- The brothers -- Siege -- No Sunni, no Shia -- Vox populi, vox Dei -- Salafi soccer -- Jihad in Afghanistan -- Special relationship -- Dawn visitors -- Stars in the heavens -- Into exile -- The dove and the East wind -- Vacationing Jihadi -- pt. 2. Kingdom at war. Desert Storm -- Battle for al-Khafji -- Awakening -- Stopping the sins -- In from the cold -- Change of heart -- Enter the Crown Prince -- The students -- Infinite reach -- New century -- pt. 3. Al-Qaeda comes home. Fifteen flying Saudis -- Fire -- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- Prodigal sons -- King Abdullah -- Girls of Saudi -- Illegitimate occupation -- End of the affair -- Condition of the people -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Tracing a path through the Persian Gulf War and the events of 9/11 to the oil market convulsions of today, "Inside the Kingdom" gives readers a modern history of the Saudis in their own words, revealing a people attempting to reconcile life under religious law with the demands of a rapidly changing world.
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