| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> Saudi ArabiaFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Saudi Arabia**Library of Congress Call Number DS204                   .S3115 1993**- Saudi                       Arabia  ForewordAcknowledgements
- Preface  Country                       Profile  - Visit new updated                       Profile(PDF)- Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                           and CommunicationsGovernment                           and Politics
- National                           Security    Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (William Smyth)                          - The                           Setting of Saudi Arabia  Pre-Islamic                           Period The                           Early Islamic Period, 622-700
- The                           Middle Ages, 700-1500  The                           Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam, 1500-185019th                           Century Arabia
- The                           Rise of Abd Al Aziz, 1890-1926  Nation                           Building: The Rule of Abd Al Aziz, 1926-1953The                           Reigns of Saud and Faisal, 1953-75
- The                           Reign of Khalid, 1975-82  The                           Reign of Fhad, 1982-- Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environoment  (Eleanor Abdella                       Doumato)                          - Geography      - External                               Boundaries  Topography                               and Natural Regions- The                                   Hijaz and Asir  NajdNorthern                                   Arabia
- Eastern                                   Arabia  The                                   Great DesertsWater                                   Resources
- Climate  The                               Environment and the 1991 Persian Gulf WarPopulation
Saudis                               and Non-Saudis
- Diversity                               and Social Stratification  Cultural                               Homogeneity and ValuesStructure                               of Tribal Groupings
- Tribe                               and Monarchy  Beduin                               Economy in Tradition and ChangeReligion
Early                               Development of Islam
- Tenets                               of Sunni Islam  Wahhabi                               TheologyShia
- Islamism                               in Saudi Arabia  PilgrimageEducation
- Healthy  Urbanization                           and Development- Chapter                       3 - The Economy  (Fareed Mohamedi)                          - Economic                           Policy and the Structure of the Economy      - Fundamental                               Factors that Transformed the Economy  Economic                               Policy Making- Economic                                   Policy During the Oil Boom, 1974-85  Economic                                   Policy after the 1986 Oil-Price CrashEconomic                                   Policy in the 1990s
- Five-Year                               Plans  Changing                               Structure of the EconomyLabor
- Oil                           and Gas Industry    - Brief                               History  Oil                               Industry in the 1990s- Structure                                   and Organization  Crude                                   Oil Production and Pricing PolicyCrude                                   Oil Reserves and Production Capacity
- Gas                                   Reserves and Production Capacity  Crude                                   Oil Production and ExportsPetroleum                                   Refining Capacity, Production, Consumption,                                   and Exports
- Master                                   Gas System  Upstream                                   Development PlansDownstream                                   Development Plans
- Hydrocarbon                                   Sector Transport and Storage Facilities    Non-Oil                           Industrial Sector- Utilities  Mining                               and QuarryingManufacturing
- Transportatoin                           and Telecommunications    - Transportation  TelecommunicationsAgriculture
Traditional                               Agriculture and Pastoral Nomadism
- Modern                               Agriculture   Money                           and BankingExternal                           Trade and Finance
Foreign                               Trade
- Current                               Account  Capital                               AccountForeign                               Assets and Liabilities
Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics
 (Eric Hooglund)                       
Structure                           of Government
The                               King
- The                               Royal Diwan  The                               Council of MinistersThe                               Civil Service and Independent Agencies
- The                               Legal System  Local                               GovernmentPolitical                           Dynamics 
The                               Royal Family
- The                               Ulama  Other                               GroupsMedia
- Foreign                           Policy     - Regional                               Security      - Relations                                   with Iraq  Relations                                   with IranRelations                                   with the GCC Countries
- Relations                                   with Yemen   Relations                               with JordanRelations                               with the United States
- Arab                               Nationalism    - Arab                                   Unity  The                                   PalestiniansThe                                   Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Islam       - Chapter                       5. National Security  (Jean R. Tartter)                            - Historical                           Role of the Armed Forces        - Armed                               Struggle of the House of Saud  The                               Ikhwan MovementWorld                               War II and Its Aftermath
- Naval                               Warfare in the Persian Gulf, 1987  Persian                               Gulf War, 1991Security                           Perceptions and Policies
The                               Military Threat
- Collective                               Security under the Gulf Cooperation Council   Threats                           to Internal SecurityThe                           Armed Forces
Royal                               Saudi Land Forces
- Royal                               Saudi Air Force  Royal                               Saudi Air Defense ForcesRoyal                               Saudi Naval Forces
- Saudi                               Arabian National Guard  TrainingPersonnel                               and Conditions of Service
- Uniforms,                               Ranks, and Insignia  Military                               JusticeDefense                           Expenditures 
- Foreign                           Involvement and Influence    - Cooperation                               with the United States  Cooperation                               with Other CountriesWestern                               Cooperation in Domestic Arms Production
- Public                           Order and the Justice System    - Law                               Enforcement  Criminal                               Justice SystemCrime                               and Punishment
- Prison                               Conditions  Human                               Rights- Appendix.                       Tables    BibliographyGlossary

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