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Inside the kingdom.
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- ISBN: 9780143178958 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0143178954 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource. - Publisher: Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2010.
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| Subject: | Saudi Arabia |
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Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
Assesses the paradoxical nature of modern Saudi Arabia to explain the clash between contemporary technology and a powerful religious establishment grounded in thousand-year-old traditions, exploring events in recent history that have brought about current conflicts. By the best-selling author ofThe Kingdom . - Penguin Group Canada
Following on his 1982 classic, The Kingdom, British journalist and bestselling author Robert Lacey offers penetrating insights into the complex country of Saudi Arabia. Taking the reader from the dramatic seizure of the Grand Mosque in Jeddah in 1979 to the deepening U.S.-Saudi relations during the Persian Gulf War and the increasing alienation of such radical fundamentalists as Osama bin Laden, Lacey presents an unvarnished picture of a country where repression is endemic and religion rules all. Through conversations with a broad range of Saudis, from high princes and ambassadors to men and women on the street, Inside the Kingdom is a story of a people trying to reconcile the religious separatism of the past with the rapidly changing world in which they are increasingly intertwined.
