Qatar: A Modern History
"Allen Fromherz has written an excellent book on Qatar based on a thorough knowledge of historical sources, and enriched by his own experience in the country. This book will be essential reading to anyone interested in Qatar and useful to anyone interested more broadly in the dynamics of the Arab Gulf states." --Jill Crystal, professor of political science, Auburn University, and author ofOil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants of Kuwait and Qatar"Qatar: A Modern Historyfills a major gap as it provides for the first time the necessary historical basis for understanding this Gulf state in all of its contradictions and importance." --G. R. Garthwaite, Jane & Raphael Bernstein Professor Emeritus in Asian Studies and professor emeritus of history, Dartmouth College