Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia / Robert Lacey.
2009
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Title
Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia / Robert Lacey.
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Imprint
New York : Viking, [2009]
Description
xxiii, 404 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Note
Library's copy inscribed by author.
Sequel to: The Kingdom. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, c1981.
Sequel to: The Kingdom. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, c1981.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index.
Call Number
KMT68 .L33 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9780670021185
0670021180
9780143118275
0143118277
0670021180
9780143118275
0143118277
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