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Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia / Robert Lacey.
Publication details: New York : Viking, 2009.Description: xxiii, 404 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780670021185 (cloth) :
- 0670021180 :
- DS244.63 .L33 2009
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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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DS 244.63 .L33 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 602913 |
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| DS 244.53 .A76 1997 Lord of Arabia : Ibn Saud : an intimate study of a king / | DS 244.63 .A22513 2016 Saudi Arabia : a kingdom in peril / | DS 244.63 .A47 2011 Islam and political reform in Saudi Arabia : the quest for political change and reform / | DS 244.63 .L33 2009 Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia / | DS 244.63 .L56 2012 Saudi Arabia on the edge : the uncertain future of an American ally / | DS 244.63 .N53 2006 Saudi Arabia : power, legitimacy and survival / | DS 247 .A13 C67 1997 Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE : challenges of security / |
Sequel to: The Kingdom. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, c1981.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-380) and index.
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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