The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393324174)

Sandra Mackey lived in Saudi Arabia for four years, and as far as the authorities knew, she was simply the wife of an American doctor. But she saw things and traveled to places rarely viewed by any outsider, let alone a Western woman, and she succeeded in smuggling out a series of crucial articles on Saudi culture and politics. The Saudis offers a fascinating portrait of Saudi life, chronicling Mackey's extraordinary travels and experiences and depicting Saudi Arabia's strange metamorphosis from backward desert kingdom to world power. Mackey reveals the chaos of a country in transformation: grappling with modernity, coming to terms with its own wealth, and battling to maintain an influential stance in an altogether new world. This updated edition provides the essential background to the new Saudi crisis as the mother state of international terrorism.

Author: Sandra Mackey
ISBN-10: 0393324176
ISBN-13: 9780393324174
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 466
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.49w x 1.17d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 11/10/2002 pg. 24