Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. CAST OF CHARACTERS xxi
5. 1. Captive Narratives: A Brief and Unexceptional Introduction to the History of Firms and States 1
6. Part 1. THE NEAREST FARAWAY PLACE
7. 2. Arabian Frontiers 31
8. 3. American Camp 62
9. 4. The Wizards of Dhahran 88
10. Part 2. DE SIRE’S EMPTY QUARTER
11. 5. Ayyam al-Kadalak (Days of the Cadillac) 127
12. 6. Eye of the Desert 158
13. 7. El Jefe Rojo 194
14. 8. America’s Kingdom 228
15. Afterword 265
16. Acknowledgments 277
17. Notes 279
18. Bibliography 329
19. Index 339