Saudi Arabia
Subtitle: guarding the desert kingdom
By: Anthony H. Cordesman.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Saudi Arabia -- Armed Forces; Saudi Arabia -- Strategic aspects
Description: Since the Gulf War, Saudi Arabia's tenuous security situation has been altered by an ongoing U.S. presence. This volume provides detailed analysis of the state of the Saudi economy and military forces, its growing internal security problems and the stability of its regime, and its reliability as an energy exporter.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-219).