For once someone has written a deeply thoughtful book about Saudi Arabia. Mark Weston's conviction in Prophets and Princes is that we need to learn the full, complex history of this region to understand our ally in the context of foreign relations, including oil supply and demand, international terrorism, and Islam. If you know nothing about Saudi Arabia and want to learn, you won't be disappointed by this groundbreaking and thorough book. Author Mark Weston offers an objective and balanced history of the only nation on earth named after its ruling family. Drawing on interviews with many Saudi men and women, Weston portrays a complex society in which sixty percent of Saudi Arabia's university students are women, and citizens who seek a constitutional monarchy can petition the king without fear of reprisal.
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