Description:
Overturning existing literature on the subject, this book shows the creation of Saudi Arabia as the outcome of implementation of Britain's imperial policy system to achieve specific military and political objectives in the Middle East, within which Ibn Saud and Wahhabism served as most effective policy instruments.
Review Quotes:
"[This book] not only gives one an understanding of the political history of Arabia between 1914-1927 but also helps to shed some light on contemporary political events in the Middle East... This book is definately an authoritative work. It is deep, well researched and an exciting must read for those interested in this field." - Shahrul Hussain, Marksfield Institute for Higher Education, UK; The Muslim World Book Review, 32:1, 2011
"..this important and original reinterpretation of modern Saudi history. Professor Askar Al-Enazy argues that we can only understand the creation of the contemporary Saudi state in terms of its reliance on Arabia's big brother of the early twentieth century-Great Britain....a meticulous analysis of Britain's Middle East policy leading up to, during and after the First World War, and how this played out to the advantage of Abdul Aziz and the Al-Saud." - Robert Lacey, Journal of Islamic Studies 2012 23: 242-244.