The Remaking of Saudi Arabia: The Struggle between King Saud and Crown Prince Faysal, 1953-1962 (Dayan Center Papers)
In the middle of this century, a decisive debate took place within the royal family of Saudi Arabia, involving King Saud and Crown Prince Faysal. When the dust had settled, the kingdom had been remade into a modern state, even as the grip of the royal family tightened. Saudi stability still rests upon the foundations laid in that crucial decade. This book offers a comprehensive and documented analysis of the royal debate, which ended in the transformation of the kingdom from a tribal...
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Acknowledgements7Introduction15Pt. 1The Royal House Consolidates Its PowerCh. 1Ibn Sa'ud's Political Culture29Ch. 2King Sa'ud and Ibn Sa'ud's Legacy: The Test of Practice (1953-1957)49Ch. 3The Royal Family Reasserts its Power (1958)63Ch. 4Sa'ud and Faysal Compete for the Support of the Royal Family (1958-1960)75Ch. 5Sa'ud's Counter-Coup and the Establishment of a Ruling Alliance of Princes (December 1960-October 1962)85Pt. 2The Emergence of Institutionalized GovernmentCh. 6From Patrimonial to Functional Government101Ch. 7The Emergence of Financial Controls121Ch. 8The Debate over Development133Pt. 3The Shaping of National Security PolicyCh. 9Security Policy as a Strategy for Survival147Ch. 10Foreign Policy, A Facet of National Security167Conclusion: Saudi Arabia Remade185App. IThe Descendants of Ibn Sa'ud According to Their Maternal Families200App. IICouncils of Ministers202Sources208Index213
\ BooknewsOffers a detailed analysis of the debate within Saudi Arabia's royal family that led to the transformation of the kingdom from a tribal confederation to a modern nation-state. Follows the clash between King Saud's traditional style of authoritarian rule and the reformism of Prince Faysal, and describe show Faysal institutionalized the power monopoly of the royal family and established a modern administrative structure that discouraged greater political participation. Includes b&w maps and lists of members of the royal family and of the Council of Ministers during the 1950s and 1960s. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
