King Faisal of Saudi Arabia : personality, faith and times / Alexei Vassiliev.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vasilʹev, A. M. (Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich)
Language:English
Published: London : Saqi, 2012.
Subjects:
Faisal, > King of Saudi Arabia, > 1906-1975.
Saudi Arabia > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Saudi Arabia > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Saudi Arabia > Politics and government > 20th century.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:495 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The delicate youth on a fiery horse
  • The father
  • An adolescent discovers the big, big world
  • From youngster to statesman
  • Viceroy of Hijaz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, military commander
  • Oil and gold
  • Faisal and Iffat, Iffat and Faisal
  • World War II and the discovery of America
  • The autumn and winter of the patriarch
  • My brother, my King, my sorrow
  • The pendulum : Premiership to dismissal to Deputy Premiership
  • To be or not to be
  • The road to the throne--without bloodshed
  • King at last
  • Nasser and the Yemen trap
  • The Six-Day War
  • Two Yemens : a headache, but no threat
  • Political realities, old and new
  • Al-Aqsa ablaze
  • Taming Aramco
  • Death of Nasser, rise of Sadat
  • The year 1973 : five to twelve
  • The 1973 War
  • 1973 : the embargo
  • "The mightiest of Arab rulers"
  • Poitiers, American-style?
  • A new relationship with the US
  • Financial might : beyond the possible
  • Storm of change : the King is assassinated.