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

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.

Author: Gary Troeller
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/09/2015
Pages: 310
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9781138964730

About the Author
Gary Troeller Senior Anaryst, Batelle Institute, Frankfurt