Research Catalog

Title

The rise, corruption, and coming fall of the House of Saud / Saïd K. Aburish.

Author

Aburish, Saïd K., 1935-

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.

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Details

Description

x, 328 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

In 1982, Saudi Arabia had a budget surplus of $140 billion. By 1997, it is expected to have a deficit of over $100 billion. How did one of the richest nations in the world suddenly become so poor? What will happen if the Saudi government collapses? What are the prospects of an anti-Western Islamic revolution? What does this mean to the countries - especially the United States - that are dependent on the continuous flow of inexpensive Saudi oil? Said Aburish, a renowned author and journalist, provides disturbing answers to these and many other questions. He shows how the Saudi government, unable to pay off its opponents, will become crippled, grow radically unpopular and fall into turmoil. The outcome will be a huge increase in the price of oil, a Muslim-West confrontation and the possibility of a full-scale war. Examining the diverse pressures threatening to destroy the Saudi dynasty, Aburish brings into sharp focus one of the most explosive and yet most neglected problems of our time.

Subject

• Āl Saʻūd, House of
• Saoudite, Dynastie
• Saudi Arabia > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-319) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Blood, oil, and cynicism -- In the shadow of the tent -- The trivialization of everything -- A place like no other -- Brotherhood is selective -- The brutal friendship -- Big deals and dangerous games -- The last line of defence -- Servants of the crown -- Oil, OPEC and the overseers -- Too late?

ISBN

0312125410

LCCN

^^^95010197^

OCLC

• 32166894
• SCSB-10181789

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library