Paradoxical Kingdom Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform

Name: Paradoxical Kingdom Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform
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ISBN: 9780231128155

ISBN-10: 0231128150

ISBN-13: 9780231128155

Edition: 2003

Authors: Daryl Champion

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The major player in the OPEC international oil industry cartel, Saudi Arabia is also the homeland of the Prophet Muhammad and the center of the Muslim world with the most sacred Islamic sites located in and around the cities of Mecca and Madina. To the non-Saudi, the kingdom appears remarkably calm and stable, at least by the standards of the Middle East. But the rise of a new type of international terrorism, personified by exiled Saudi Osama bin Laden and with extensive roots in post- Gulf War Saudi Arabia, testifies to a volatile underground of discontent within the kingdom. Ideological frustration with the Saudi regime's perceived submission to American imperialism has merged with Saudi…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 12/20/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.90" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Daryl Champion has been studying Middle Eastern history, society, and politics for almost two decades. He holds a Ph.D in political science and international relations from The Australian National University (ANU) and is a former research scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the ANU.



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