Crosswinds: The Way of Saudi Arabia

by Fouad Ajami

Overview

Fouad Ajami presents a firsthand look at the political culture in Saudi Arabia and its conduct and influence in foreign lands from the early 1990s to around 2010. From the influence of Islam in public life to Saudi rulers' attitudes toward the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, the author fills a significant gap in our understanding of that country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817911768
Publisher:	Hoover Institution Press
Publication date:	08/28/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Fouad Ajami (1945–2014) was director of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a senior fellow and cochair of the Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Charles Hill
Preface

One
Prologue: The Chastening

Two
Blowback: The Road to Dissension

Three
Homeward Bound

Four
A Rescuer’s Line

Five
Coda: In the Time of the Americans

Source Notes
About the Author
About the Hoover Institution’s Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order
Index

 

Editorial Reviews

"A unique combination of research, reportage, and commentary leavened with deep cultural insights of Saudi society.” —Karen Elliott House, author of On Saudi Arabia, Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines and Future


“Shows readers the way to think about the region and develop policies that clear a path toward a better future for its long suffering peoples.” —H. R. McMaster, author of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World


“Superbly written, impeccably researched, and enlivened by Ajami's own wide travels in the Middle East.” —Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution


“A magisterial account of the dramatic encounter between religious faith and state power.” —Russell A. Berman, Stanford University and Hoover Institution


"[Ajami's] socially astute, politically savvy book leaves us with a more nuanced view of the kingdom’s evolution and of its causes, some of which can be traced to our doorstep." —The Wall Street Journal

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