The Saudis

Inside the Desert Kingdom

By: Sandra Mackey

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Paperback | 1 October 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Sandra Mackey lived in Saudi Arabia for four years, and as far as the authorities knew, she was simply the wife of an American doctor. But she saw things and traveled to places rarely viewed by any outsider, let alone a Western woman, and she succeeded in smuggling out a series of crucial articles on Saudi culture and politics. The Saudis offers a fascinating portrait of Saudi life, chronicling Mackey's extraordinary travels and experiences and depicting Saudi Arabia's strange metamorphosis from backward desert kingdom to world power. Mackey reveals the chaos of a country in transformation: grappling with modernity, coming to terms with its own wealth, and battling to maintain an influential stance in an altogether new world. This updated edition provides the essential background to the new Saudi crisis as the mother state of international terrorism.

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"A dark and macabre story.... Mackey brilliantly packages the complicated details."

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Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Introduction
The Oil Boom, 1974-1980
Map	p. 2
The Coming of a Foreigner	p. 3
The Magic Kingdom	p. 21
Managing the Boom	p. 37
Servants of God	p. 63
Living with Islam	p. 83
Bedouin Pride	p. 100
The Shackles of Sex	p. 122
Mysteries of the Hareem	p. 143
Putting the Saudis to Work	p. 169
The Royal Tribe	p. 190
There Was No Tomorrow	p. 217
The Twilight, 1980 and Beyond
The Press: Pride and Denial	p. 243
Jail: A Clear and Present Danger	p. 267
Swords and Missiles: The Search for Security	p. 292
The World Creeps Closer	p. 316
The New Realities	p. 340
Castles of Sand	p. 357
Stalled Between Seasons	p. 372
Afterword	p. 403
Selected Bibliography	p. 415
Index	p. 421
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

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