The Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia: The Formative Years

Jacob Goldberg

Published by Harvard University Press 1986

The Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia

The Formative Years

Jacob Goldberg

Volume 19 in the series Harvard Middle Eastern Studies

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674281844

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About this book

The rise of the House of Saud in the mid-eighteenth century led to the creation of two successive Saudi states which were supported by two key groups, the religious Wahhabi and the dynastic Saudi. The central objective in the relationship between these groups was to convert the population to Wahhabism, with the Saudi dynasty providing the military and political power to wage wars of occupation and proselytism. The major conclusion of this book is that this relationship ceased to exist when Ibn Saud came out of exile in 1902 to establish the third Saudi state.

Jacob Goldberg's Saudi perspective, unlike the British perspective of earlier studies, focuses on the marked changes in the years from 1902 to the disappearance of the Ottomans in 1918. Ibn Saud had spent his formative years in exile in Kuwait, witnessing the international politics and intrigues of that region. When he returned to head the new Saudi state, his goal was the reinstatement of the House of Saud in Arabia and the restoration of its former dynastic dominions, but not the propagation of the Wahhabi doctrine. Territorial ambitions were modified by considerations of realpolitik. This pragmatic reversal accounts, in part, for the ability of the new state to survive.

By focusing on the roots of Saudi foreign policy, the author highlights the distinctive characteristics that make Saudi Arabia inherently different from other Middle Eastern states.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. THE FORMER SAUDI STATES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
2. THE MOLDING OF A STATESMAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
3. RECOGNITION OF OTTOMAN SOVEREIGNTY, 1902-1912 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. SAUDI-OTTOMAN-BRITISH AMBIGUITIES, 1913-1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5. INDEPENDENCE AND BRITISH PROTECTION, 1914-1915 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
6. BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL, 1916-1918 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
7. PATTERNS OF SAUDI FOREIGN POLICY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
APPENDIXES A-C. BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX
APPENDIX A. TREATY BETWEEN IBN SAUD AND THE TURKS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
APPENDIX Β. DRAFTS OF THE ANGLO-SAUDI TREATY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
APPENDIX C. THE ANGLO-SAUDI TREATY, DECEMBER 1915 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
HARVARD MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 231
Illustrations
- Other: illustrations
Keywords: Saudi Arabia -- Foreign relations.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674281844

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1986
ISBN: 9780674281837