An edition of Inside the Kingdom
(2009)
Inside the Kingdom
kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia
by Robert Lacey
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Tracing a path through the Persian Gulf War and the events of 9/11 to the oil market convulsions of today, "Inside the Kingdom" gives readers a modern history of the Saudis in their own words, revealing a people attempting to reconcile life under religious law with the demands of a rapidly changing world.
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Inside the kingdom: kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia
2010, Penguin Books Canada
in English
0143173553 9780143173557
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Inside the Kingdom: kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia
2009, Viking
in English
0670064025 9780670064021
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Table of Contents
Preface: Welcome to the Kingdom
Note on the Islamic calendar
pt. 1. Kingdom of God
Angry face
The brothers
Siege
No Sunni, no Shia
Vox populi, vox Dei
Salafi soccer
Jihad in Afghanistan
Special relationship
Dawn visitors
Stars in the heavens
Into exile
The dove and the East wind
Vacationing Jihadi
pt. 2. Kingdom at war
Desert Storm
Battle for al-Khafji
Awakening
Stopping the sins
In from the cold
Change of heart
Enter the Crown Prince
The students
Infinite reach
New century
pt. 3. Al-Qaeda comes home
Fifteen flying Saudis
Fire
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Prodigal sons
King Abdullah
Girls of Saudi
Illegitimate occupation
End of the affair
Condition of the people
Epilogue.
Edition Notes
Sequel to: The Kingdom. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, c1981.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-380) and index.
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