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Record Nr.

UNINA9910731482903321

Autore

Willner Samuel E

Titolo

Preserving the Saudi monarchy : political pragmatism in Saudi Arabia, c.1973-1979 / / Samuel E. Willner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-30006-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiii, 243 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

950

953.8053

Soggetti

Saudi Arabia History

Saudi Arabia Politics and government 1932-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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 ADMINISTRATION (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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.