Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia / Robert Lacey.

Tracing a path through the Persian Gulf War and the events of 9/11 to the oilmarket 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 w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lacey, Robert
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2009.
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.
Physical Description:xxiii, 404 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.