INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: DESERT AND ITS LEGACIES 18
6. 2 MODERN SOVEREIGN STATE BUILDING IN THE GULF: FROM THE 1950S TO THE 1970S 55
7. 3 THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN THE GULF 80
8. 4 MODERN SOVEREIGN STATE BUILDING IN THE GULF: FROM THE 1980S TO THE 2000S 111
9. 5 GULF STATES’ DIVERGING ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD 134
10. 6 THE ARAB SPRING 171
11. CONCLUSION 212
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 219
13. INDEX 242