Inside the kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists and the struggle for Saudi Arabia
Lacey, Robert2009
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Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the countrys roiling disaffection produced 16 of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. This book presents the story of the Saudis in their own words
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Imprint:
London Hutchinson 2009
Collation:
404 p. illustrations map
Contents:
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 Jihadipt. 2. Kingdom at war: Desert Storm - Battle for al-Khafji -
ISBN:
9780091931254 (pbk)
Dewey class:
953.8053 INS
Language:
English
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BRN:
891
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