| Physical description |
xvii, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Map 1 Saudi Arabia, main regions and cities xvi -- Map 2 Saudi Arabia, main tribes xvii -- 1 Society and politics, 1744-1818 and 1824-1891 14 -- Origins of Al Sacud (1744-1818) 15 -- A fragile Sacudi revival (1824-1891) 23 -- Rashidi emirate in Hail (1836-1921) 26 -- Sharifian emirate in Hijaz 30 -- Hasa in the nineteenth century 34 -- Emirate formation in Arabia 37 -- 2 Emerging state, 1902-1932 39 -- Capture of Riyadh (1902) 39 -- First World War and Ibn Sacud (1914-1918) 41 -- Capture of Hail (1921) 43 -- Capture of Hijaz (1925) 44 -- Mutawwaa of Najd 49 -- Ikhwan 59 -- An alliance not so holy: Ibn Sacud, the mutawwaa and the ikhwan 62 -- Collapse of the ikhwan rebellion 69 -- 3 Control and loyalty, 1932-1953 72 -- Marginalising Sacudi collateral branches 72 -- Consolidating Ibn Sacud's line of descent 75 -- Power and pomp in the pre-oil era: the majlis 80 -- State affairs 86 -- Oil concession (1933) 91 -- Oil in commercial quantities 93 -- Oil and society in the 1940s and 1950s 95 -- Saudi Arabia and Britain 100 -- End of an era 105 -- 4 Politics of dissent, 1953-1973 106 -- Reign of King Sacud (1953-1964) 106 -- Saudi Arabia and the Arab world in the 1950s 114 -- Saudi Arabia and the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s 117 -- Reign of King Faysal (1964-1975) 120 -- Faysal and the Arab world 128 -- 5 From affluence to austerity, 1973-1990 135 -- Affluence: the oil embargo (1973) 136 -- Vulnerabilities: Saudi-American relations in the 1970s 140 -- Reign of King Khalid (1975-1982) 143 -- Austerity: the reign of King Fahd (1982-) 149 -- Saudi Arabia and the Gulf context in the 1980s 155 -- Saudi-American relations in the 1980s 160 -- 6 Gulf War and its aftermath, 1990-2000 163 -- Saudi responses to the Gulf War 168 -- State responses: the reforms of March 1992 172 -- Islamist opposition 176 -- Succession 186 -- 7 Narratives of the state, narratives of the people 188 -- Official historiography 189 -- Political speech 196 -- Historical narrative challenged 199 -- Centennial celebrations: the capture of Riyadh revisited 204 -- Centennial celebration challenged 215 -- Appendix I Al Sacud rulers in Diriyyah (1744-1818) 224 -- Appendix II Al Sacud rulers in Riyadh (1824-1891) 225 -- Appendix III Ibn Sacud's sons (1900-1953) 226. |
| Summary |
An intimate portrait of a closed and enigmatic society. |
| Subject |
Saudi Arabia -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
052164335X |
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0521644127 (paperback) |
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