The History of Saudi Arabia
by Alexei Vassiliev
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Author: Alexei VassilievEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN: 0814788092
Number of pages: 584
Publisher: NYU Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
I've never come across a text on the History of Saudi Arabia as comprehensive as this one. the author starts in the middle of the 18th century with an analysis of the forces that heleped to unite the house of Saud with the Wahhabi movement of Mouhammad abd-al-Wahhab. Vassiliev - who uses a wide variety of Arab, Russian and Western sources - skillfully analyszes economic and social developments. He shows that there are many divisions in Saudi Arabia and that dissent is widespread in many fractions of society. There is an excellent account of the impact of the Iranian Revolution on the Shia of the oil rich Najd and the wahhabi purists who emerged violently on the world scene in an uprising in Mecca in 1979. Saudi Arabia will become a primary focus of world attention as the conflict in Afghanistan ends and exposes the hitherto little revealed dissent and support for radical islamists that exists at many societal levels in Saudi Arabia. Ochin Khorosho, Dr. vassiliev. Tayyib Jiddan
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