Oman: The Making of a Modern State (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781041331490)

Oman was, until the coup which brought Sultan Qaboos (1940-2020) to power in 1970, one of the most remote and least known countries in the world. This book, originally published in 1977 and written by someone who worked in Oman for a period spanning the old and new regimes, discusses the legacy inherited by the late Sultan from his father.