FAISAL

World Leaders: Past and Present


Author: Rebecca Steffof
Pages: 112, (7 x 9)
ISBN: 9781891785108
$ 18.95 (CAN $20.95)
Illustrations: Beautifully illustrated with 69 black and white photos

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Part biography, part historical record, this work details the pivotal role King Faisal played in the history and politics of the Middle East and around the world. From shaping Saudi Arabia for more than half a century as a warrior general to being the country’s first ambassador and acting as a spokesperson for Arab concerns at the United Nations, this study illustrates King Faisal’s legacy that continues beyond his own lifetime. Filled with insightful anecdotes, quotations, and a myriad of photographs, this examination is one that all serious students of East-West relations should study today in order to learn from one of the greatest of our world leaders.

Introductory Essay: "On Leadership," Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

1. The Oil Weapon
2. Islam and the House of Sa'ud
3. A Widening World
4. The Last Conquests
5. The Kingdom
6. The Crown Prince
7. King Faisal
8. Royal Murder

Further Reading
Chronology
Index

Some of the benefits are: complex historical and political factors are described and explained in an straight forward and easily understandable style of writing, photographs on every page illustrate and give face to the political events described as well as the life and death of King Faisal and the Middle East, Islam and Saudi Arabian politics are explored with rich detail as we would describe our own Western religions and politics, including an emphasis.

Readers who will enjoy this book will be those with an interest in, East-West relations, world leaders, world history, Middle Eastern politics, Middle East, oil/petrol, university students and US government Ambassadors as well as Embassy staff in Arabia.



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