On Saudi Arabia Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - And Future

Name: On Saudi Arabia Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - And Future
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ISBN: 9780307272164

ISBN-10: 0307272168

ISBN-13: 9780307272164

Edition: 2012

Authors: Karen Elliott House

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, former foreign editor, correspondent, and publisher of The Wall Street Journal—a uniquely informed, authoritative, and illuminating look at Saudi Arabia today.No other journalist brings the knowledge and insight to the subject of Saudi Arabia that Karen House brings: she has spent the last thirty years deeply immersed in its society. Now, through analysis, anecdote, observation, and extensive interviews, she breaks through the vagueness and confusion that surround the world's largest exporter of oil (which underpins our own way of life). She sheds light on Saudi Arabia's leaders, the inner and outer lives of its people (among them: university…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/18/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface



Fragile



Al Saud Survival Skills



Islam: Dominant and Divided



The Social Labyrinth



Females and Fault Lines



The Young and the Restless



Princes



Failing Grades



Plans, Paralysis, and Poverty



Outcasts



… and Outlaws



Succession



Saudi Scenarios



On Pins and Needles



Endgame


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index