| Description |
xiv, 569 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 3maps, portraits ; 25cm |
| Contents |
Rebirth 1902 -- Out of the desert -- The consul and the oilman 1903-8 -- Shakespear rids out 1910-15 -- The Arab revolt 1916 -- Sowing the wind 1917-21 -- Reaping the whirlwind 1922-30 -- The coming of Mammon 1931-4 -- The land of promise 1932-8 -- Americatakes over 1939-45 -- Mammon triumphant 1946-53 -- The end of an era 1949-53 -- The years of Ozymandias 1954-8 -- A house divided 1958-62 -- The fox and the lion 1962-7 -- Uneasy interlude 1967-70 -- Friendshp across the Red Sea 1970-2 -- The jewel in hand 1970-2 -- Oil power unleashed d1973 -- beyond the dreams of avarice 1973-4 -- The Arabian Janus 1974-5 -- Mammon rampant 1975-7 -- Lords of the ascendant 1975-7 -- The wages of wealth 1977-9 -- The return of the Ikhwan 1979 / James Buchan -- The ruins of Diriya |
| Analysis |
Saudi Arabia. Royal families,. 1902-1981 |
| Notes |
Saudi Arabia. Royal families,. 1902-1981 (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 539-541. - Includes index |
| SUBJECT |
Saudi Arabia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117713
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Saudi Arabia -- Kings and rulers.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003008898
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Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004003457
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| Author |
Johns, Richard.
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| LC no. |
bnb28398436 |
| ISBN |
0283984368 |
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