Based on a wealth of Arab, Western, and Eastern European sources and spanning the entire history of Saudi Arabia, Alexei Vassiliev's account will stand as the definitive account of the Arabian peninsula's dominant state.
This is a rich and rewarding book which will be invaluable to students, and to all those trying to understand the enigma of Saudi Arabia.-from publisher description at http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/2001043609.html.
Translated by Allison Brown. Ancient South Arabia: From the Queen of Sheba to the Advent of Islam. Princeton, N.J.: Markus Wiener, 2001. The Birth of Islam (571–632) Haykal, Muhammad Husayn. Translated by Ismail al Faruqi.
This new edition covers the political, economic and social developments in Saudi Arabia since 9/11 to the present day.
A Brief History of Saudi Arabia, Third Edition provides a clear, lively, and comprehensive account of the history of Saudi Arabia from ancient times to the present day.
This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia provides coverage of its emergence in 1745 through to the 1990s.
With this book, Rosie Bsheer explores the increasing secularization of the postwar Saudi state and how it manifested in assembling a national archive and reordering urban space in Riyadh and Mecca.
Saudi Arabia Enters the Modern World: Secret U.S. Documents on the Emergence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a...
The book also gives the details about Wahabism. So I translated this book in English and named it “History of Saudi Arabia and Wahabism”.
Saudi Arabia is traditionally viewed through the lenses of Islam, tribe, and the economics of oil. Desert Kingdom now provides an alternative history of environmental power and the making of the modern Saudi state.
Despite speculation about Saudi interests and loyalties that have been directed at the country since 9/11, Arabia remains the key US ally in the Arab Middle East.