Inside the Kingdom
Subtitle: kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia
By: Robert Lacey
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780670064021
Subjects: Politics and government; Voyages; Description and travel; Conditions sociales; Descriptions et voyages; Travel; Histoire; Politique et gouvernement; Social conditions; History
Description: Tracing a path through the Persian Gulf War and the events of 9/11 to the oil market convulsions of today, "Inside the Kingdom" gives readers a modern history of the Saudis in their own words, revealing a people attempting to reconcile life under religious law with the demands of a rapidly changing world.
Notes: Sequel to: The Kingdom. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, c1981.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-380) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Welcome to the Kingdom; title: Note on the Islamic calendar; title: pt. 1. Kingdom of God; title: Angry face; title: The brothers; title: Siege; title: No Sunni, no Shia; title: Vox populi, vox Dei; title: Salafi soccer; title: Jihad in Afghanistan; title: Special relationship; title: Dawn visitors; title: Stars in the heavens; title: Into exile; title: The dove and the East wind; title: Vacationing Jihadi; title: pt. 2. Kingdom at war; title: Desert Storm; title: Battle for al-Khafji; title: Awakening; title: Stopping the sins; title: In from the cold; title: Change of heart; title: Enter the Crown Prince; title: The students; title: Infinite reach; title: New century; title: pt. 3. Al-Qaeda comes home; title: Fifteen flying Saudis; title: Fire; title: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; title: Prodigal sons; title: King Abdullah; title: Girls of Saudi; title: Illegitimate occupation; title: End of the affair; title: Condition of the people; title: Epilogue.