Mordechai Abir

`I know of no book written in English that does so much to explain one of the most complex, important and closed societies in the world' - Anthony H. Cordesman, senior aide to the US Senate Appropriation Committee and Gulf security consultantOf the previous edition: `This revealing political analysis of contemporary Saudi nation-building is packed with information and insight and deserves a wide readership' - Arab Book World`Abir's analysis is clear, well-researched, judicious.' - Fred Halliday, Middle Eastern Studies

• Saudi Arabia

Mordechai Abir

`I know of no book written in English that does so much to explain one of the most complex, important and closed societies in the world' - Anthony H. Cordesman, senior aide to the US Senate Appropriation Committee and Gulf security consultantOf the previous edition: `This revealing political analysis of contemporary Saudi nation-building is packed with information and insight and deserves a wide readership' - Arab Book World`Abir's analysis is clear, well-researched, judicious.' - Fred Halliday, Middle Eastern Studies

• Saudi Arabia