Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Maps x
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Old Najd 5
8. 2 The Diriyya Emirate 24
9. 3 The Riyadh Emirate 50
10. 4 The Opening of Najd, 1902–32 69
11. 5 Petroleum and Its Discontents, 1932–53 106
12. 6 The Age of Revolutionary Arab Nationalism, 1953–70 141
13. 7 The Oil Boom and Rapid Development, 1970–90 175
14. 8 The Kuwait Crisis and Political Mobilization, 1990–2000 208
15. 9 In the Midst of Regional Unraveling, 2001–15 236
16. 10 Striving for Transformation, Since 2015 270
17. Epilogue 291
18. Timeline 293
19. Endnotes 295
20. Select Bibliography 347
21. Index 352