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First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The Kind is dead -- MBS -- Party in Maldives -- I am the mastermind -- Bring me McKinsey -- Captain Saud -- Billions -- Little Sparta -- Golden gambit -- "Blockade" -- Sealed with a kiss -- Dark arts -- Davos in the desert -- Sheikhdown -- Kidnapped prime minister -- Da Vinci -- Man of the year -- Cold blood -- Mister Bone Saw -- Unstoppable -- Epilogue: Decisive storm. |
| Summary |
Mohammed bin Salman convinced the world that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere. Then he began to betray an erratic interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and public relations experts. Allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out, including the brutal assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Hope and Scheck show how MBS' precipitous rise coincided with the fraying of the simple bargain that had been at the head of US-Saudi relations for more than 80 years: oil, for military protection. Saudi Arabia has the potential to become an unstable failed state and a magnet for Islamic extremists. -- adapted from jacket |
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Āl Saʻūd, Muḥammad bin Salmān bin ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 1985-
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Āl Saʻūd, Muḥammad bin Salmān bin ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 1985- -- Family.
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Āl Saʻūd, House of.
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Saudi Arabia -- Kings and rulers -- Succession.
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Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Saudi Arabia -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
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State crimes -- Saudi Arabia -- History -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Scheck, Justin, author.
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| ISBN |
9780306846663 hardcover |
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0306846667 hardcover |
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9780306923814 paperback |
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0306923815 paperback |
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