عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
DS244.63 .L33 2009
DS244
.
63
.
L33
2009
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0143118277
(Number (ISBN
0670021180
(Number (ISBN
9780143118275
(Number (ISBN
9780670021185
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b768482
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Inside the Kingdom :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
kings, clerics, modernists, terrorists, and the struggle for Saudi Arabia /
First Statement of Responsibility
Robert Lacey.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Viking,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2009]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxiii, 404 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Sequel to: The Kingdom. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, c1981.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Lacey, Robert-- Travel-- Saudi Arabia.
Lacey, Robert.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Travel.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Saudi Arabia, Description and travel.
Saudi Arabia, History, 1932-
Saudi Arabia, Politics and government, 1982-
Saudi Arabia, Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
953
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805/3
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
DS244
.
63
Book number
.
L33
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lacey, Robert
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Lacey, Robert.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201206140734.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
rda
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
