Samuel E. Willner

Preserving the Saudi Monarchy

Political Pragmatism in Saudi Arabia, c.1973-1979

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a new perspective on the study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its monarchy - its political leadership and decisions. Moreover, it analyzes how that decision-making evolved before, during, and after the Arab-Israeli War of 1973, and the subsequent Arab oil embargo that followed; the run-up to and aftermath of the 1975 murder of King Faysal; discussions over the oil weapon; and Saudi responses to the Carter presidency in the United States. Through the prism of tribal decision-making, this book sheds new light on a number of important political events, which have shaped the political leadership in Saudi Arabia, and explores the behind-the-scenes workings of the Saudi royal family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-30005-9
• 2023
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9783031300059
• ISBN-10: 303130005X
• Artikelnr.: 67529622

Autorenporträt

Samuel Willner is Research Fellow at the University of Haifa, Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction.- PART I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN SAUDI ARABIA.- 2. Tribal decision-making: From traditional to modern context.- 3. Central characteristics of Saudi foreign policy.- PART II: THE 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR AND THE ARAB OIL EMBARGO.- 4. Emerging pan-Arabism and the politicization of Arab oil.- 5. Conflicting interests and King Faysal's decision to support Egypt's war efforts.- PART III: THE END OF THE OIL EMBARGO AND THE MURDER OF KING FAYSAL.- 6. Towards the end of the oil embargo.- 7. Faysal's threats of a new oil embargo.- 8. The murder of King Faysal.- 9. The top-secret Saudi plan to use the USSR to pressure the US.- PART IV: THE SURVIVAL OF THE SAUDI MONARCHY DURING THE CARTER ADMINSTRATION (1977-1981).- 10. Saudi concerns of the Marxist and Arab revolutionary threats (1977-1978).- 11. The 1978-1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.- 12. Inspired by the Islamic Revolution: Rebellions, uprisings and coup attempts.- 13. Saudi, CIA messages to President Carter: A US policy-change towards the Saudis is necessary.- 14. Final Conclusions