{"product_id":"inside-the-kingdom-kings-clerics-modernists-terrorists-and-the-struggle-for-saudi-arabia-paperback","title":"Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's all here-Islam, the family tree, a sea of oil and money to match, palace intrigue...This is high drama and an epic tale.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Tom Brokaw \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though Saudi Arabia sits on one of the richest oil deposits in the world, it also produced fifteen of the nineteen 9\/11 hijackers. In this immensely important book, journalist Robert Lacey draws on years of access to every circle of Saudi society giving readers the fullest portrait yet of a land straddling the worlds of medievalism and modernity. Moving from the bloody seizure of Mecca's Grand Mosque in 1979, through the Persian Gulf War, to the delicate U.S.-Saudi relations in a post 9\/11 world, \u003ci\u003eInside the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e brings recent history to vivid life and offers a powerful story of a country learning how not to be at war with itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Lacey is a British journalist and the author of the bestselling books \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMajesty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFord: The Men and the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e. For the past three years he has split his time between Saudi Arabia and London to research this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.33 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749851431200,"sku":"9780143118275","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31ab94e2f2e2065af9e064bd72e8e90a.webp?v=1779939416","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/inside-the-kingdom-kings-clerics-modernists-terrorists-and-the-struggle-for-saudi-arabia-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}