The Birth of Saudi Arabia: Britain and the Rise of the House of Sa'ud

Troeller, Gary

ISBN 10: 1138964735 / ISBN 13: 9781138964730

Published by Routledge, 2015

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pp. 310.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Birth of Saudi Arabia: Britain and the Rise of the House of Sa'ud
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138964735
• ISBN 13: 9781138964730
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First Published in 1976. Today the name Sa'udi Arabia evokes images of desert wastes, limitless reservoirs of oil and economic might. When one thinks of the predominant foreign power concerned with the desert kingdom, one thinks of the United States. Forty yean; ago, oil had yet to be discovered, ibn Sa 'ud had just unified the greater part of the Arabian Peninsula and Great Britain exercised paramount influence at the Sa'udi Court. This book deals with the drama of the immediate pre-oil era and sets the stage for the Sa'udi Arabia of today. The following pages examine in detail the unification of Arabia and British policy towards ibn Sa'ud during the early twentieth century when he laid the foundations of present-day Sa'udi Arabia.

About the Author

Gary Troeller Senior Anaryst, Batelle Institute, Frankfurt