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Arabia and the Arabsby Robert G. Hoyland
Routledge 2001; US$ 38.95Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archeological evidence - Robert Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the South, to the deserts and oases of the north. more...
Saudi Arabiaby Tim Niblock
RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 46.50Saudi Arabia provides a clear, concise yet analytical account of the development of the Saudi state including discussion of the social and economic dynamics which underlie the country's politics. more...
Embassy to Tamerlaneby Guy Le Strange
Routledge 2004; US$ 210.00Covering thousands of miles, Clavijo's epic journey began and ended in Cadiz taking in Rhodes, Constantinople, the Black Sea, and Central Asia. more...
Oil, Power and Politicsby Mordechai Abir
Taylor & Francis 1974; US$ 190.00This study of political relations in the Middle East analyzes the reasons behind the instability of the region. more...
The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936by Joseph Kostiner
Oxford University Press 1993; US$ 120.00This historical study describes how Saud, with British backing, expanded the Saudi state to embrace most of the Arabian peninsula and establish a family monarchy that survives to this day. more...
Globalization and the Gulfby Natasha Glaisyer
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Features the work of scholars from both the Middle East and the West, who reflect on both the process of globalism and on the traditions of Gulf society and culture. This book also discusses how these trends interact within the global system. more...
Thicker Than Oilby Rachael Bronson
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 15.95For 55 years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Since 9/11 this partnership has been sorely tested. Drawing on a range of archival material, declassified documents, and interviews with leading Saudi and American officials, this book shows why the partnership became so intimate and the problems that it spawned. more...
Succession In Saudi Arabiaby Joseph A. Kechichian
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 112.00The stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains critical to Western security and economic interests. This crucial study focuses on generation change and identifies individuals with greatest leadership potential; examines their political, social, and religious views. more...
Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddamby Frederic Wehrey; Theodore W. Karasik; Alireza Nader
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95The often tense relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been at the center of many of the major political shifts that have occurred in the Middle East since the fall of Saddam Hussein. This book surveys Saudi-Iranian relations since 2003, focusing on how they have affected and been affected by the major events in the Persian Gulf and the Levant, as well as the implications for U.S. policy in the region. more...
Inside the Kingdomby Robert Lacey
Penguin Group Inc. 2009; US$ 13.99"It's all here-Islam, the family tree, a sea of oil and money to match, palace intrigue...This is high drama and an epic tale." -Tom Brokaw Though Saudi Arabia sits on one of the richest oil deposits in the world, it also produced fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. In this immensely important book, journalist Robert Lacey draws on years of access to every circle of Saudi society giving readers the fullest portrait yet of a land straddling the worlds of medievalism and modernity. Moving from the bloody seizure of Mecca's Grand Mosque in 1979, through the Persian Gulf War, to the delicate U.S.-Saudi relations in a post 9/11 world, Inside the Kingdom brings recent history to vivid life and offers a powerful... more...









