Bibliograph

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

Type

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-380) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Inside the Kingdom

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

312445278

Responsibility statement

Robert Lacey

Sub title

kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia

Summary

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 world

Table Of 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

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