Description: A challenge to the West's alliance with the Saudi royal family
Brief description:
Andrew Hammond is a senior lecturer in English literature at the Swansea Institute of Higher Education and editor of Cold War Literature: Writing the Global Conflict.
Review Quotes:
'If there is anyone who can write knowledgeably and intelligently about Saudi Arabia, it is Andrew Hammond' - As'ad AbuKhalil, Department of Politics, California State University Stanislaus, author of 'The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power'
'Fascinating. Reconciles the demands of scholarly depth with keen personal insights into everyday life in Saudi Arabia' - Dr Larbi Sadiki, Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics, University of Exeter
'A timely and insightful book exposing the many myths underpinning the stability of the Saudi state. Packed with sharp analysis on the ruling family's religious alliances, its grappling with terrorists, and its looming inability to keep spending its way out of political crises, Hammond's work is an Arab Spring must-read' - Dr Christopher M. Davidson, Reader in Middle East Politics, Durham University, author of Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success and editor of Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies