Monthly Archives: May 2012
Book Review of Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia
Robert Lacey’s “Inside the Kingdom” unveils the incomprehensible paradoxes and mysteries surrounding the world’s greatest oil producer and home to Islam’s Two Holy Mosques. For three years, in the early 80’s, Lacey lived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he wrote the illuminating prequel, “The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Saud.” Over twenty years later, … Continue reading
Categories: Policy
Tags: Andrew Schill, Inside the Kingdom, King Abdullah, Robert Lacey, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabi
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