TY  - BOOK
AU  - Safran,Nadav
TI  - Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security 
SN  - 9781501718557
U1  - 355/.0330538 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - National security
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - History
KW  - Middle East Studies
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Preface to the Paperback Edition --; Contents --; Tables --; Figures --; Conversion of Hijra years and fiscal years to Gregorian dates, 1380-1400 HY. --; Map of Saudi Arabia --; Introduction --; PART ONE. The Origins of Saudi Arabia --; 1 The Rise and Fall of the First Two Realms --; 2 The Third Realm: Creating an Empire, 1902-1932 --; 3 Preserving the Empire, 1932-1953 --; PART TWO. The Reign of Saud. 1953-1964 --; 4 Tribulations under the First Successor --; PART THREE. The Reign of Faisal. 1964-1975 --; 5 Strivings and Probings, 1964-1973 --; 6 The October War and Its Aftermath, 1973-1975 --; 7 The Defense and Security Perspective, 1963-1975 --; PART FOUR. The Reign of Khaled. 1975-1982 --; 8 A Time of Change: Overview --; 9 The Arab-Israeli Arena, 1975-1979: The Cairo and Damascus Connections --; 10 The Gulf Arena, 1975-1979: Balancing Baghdad and Tehran --; 11 The Yemens, Oman, and the Horn of Africa, 1975-1979: Accommodation and War --; 12 The American Connection, 1975-1979: Shifting Interdependence --; 13 The Arab-Israeli Arena, 1979-1982: Opposite Pulls --; 14 The Gulf Arena, 1979-1982: Crosscurrents and Uncertainty --; 15 The Yemens, 1979-1982: Living with the Problem --; 16 The American Connection, 1979-1982: Ambivalence, Improvisation, Drift --; 17 The Defense and Security Perspective, 1975-1982 --; Conclusions: Retrospect and Prospect --; Appendix. Sample of a Summary of a Saudi Budget --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Combining vast scholarship and a deep understanding of Arab culture, Nadav Safran has written a sophisticated book about the politics of Saudi Arabia. In a narrative that emphasizes the Saudis' sense of the precariousness of their state and of their position in the Middle East, Safran demystifies the behavior of the Kingdom's rulers.Security has long been the predominant concern of Saudi Arabia. In 1981, the Kingdom's defense and security budget was an immense $25 billion, the fourth largest in the world, after the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, and the highest in the world on a per capita basis. Safran traces the roots of Saudi preoccupation with security through half a century, discerning political struggles and policy differences in the Saud family and how they have affected the position of the country. His treatment provides an enlightening perspective on the interplay of the politics of the elite; shifting inter-Arab alignments and rivalries; war, revolution, and other cataclysmic events in the Persian Gulf; the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict; and the involvement of the United States in the Middle East
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501718557
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501718557
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501718557/original
ER  -