After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies

by Christopher Davidson

Book Overview

The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes. Yet despite bloody conflicts on their doorsteps, fast-growing populations, and powerful modernising and globalising forces impacting on their largely conservative societies, they have demonstrated remarkable resilience. Obituaries for these traditional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199330646
• ISBN13: 9780199330645
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.9"