Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia /

Inside the Kingdom : kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lacey, Robert
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2009.
Subjects:
Lacey, Robert > Travel > Saudi Arabia.
Lacey, Robert > Voyages > Arabie Saoudite.
Lacey, Robert.
Since 1932
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Travel.
Saudi Arabia > History > 1932-
Saudi Arabia > Politics and government > 1982-
Saudi Arabia > Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia > Description and travel.
Arabie saoudite > Histoire > 1932-
Arabie saoudite > Politique et gouvernement > 1982-
Arabie Saoudite > Conditions sociales.
Arabie Saoudite > Descriptions et voyages.
Saudi Arabia.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.