BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 SAUDI ARABIA: THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE -- RELIEF -- DRAINAGE AND SOILS -- CLIMATE -- PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE -- ETHNIC GROUPS -- LANGUAGES -- RELIGION -- SETTLEMENT PATTERNS -- DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS -- CHAPTER 2 THE SAUDI ARABIAN ECONOMY -- AGRICULTURE -- PETROLEUM -- OTHER RESOURCES -- MANUFACTURING -- FINANCE -- TRADE -- SERVICES -- LABOUR AND TAXATION -- TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- CHAPTER 3 SAUDI ARABIAN GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- JUSTICE -- POLITICAL PROCESS -- SECURITY -- HEALTH AND WELFARE -- HOUSING -- EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 4 SAUDI ARABIAN CULTURAL LIFE -- DAILY LIFE AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS -- THE ARTS -- CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS -- SPORTS AND RECREATION -- MEDIA AND PUBLISHING -- CHAPTER 5 SAUDI ARABIA: PAST AND PRESENT -- THE WAHHABI MOVEMENT -- SECOND SA'UDI STATE -- DEATH OF FAYSAL -- THE RASHIDIS -- IBN SA'UD AND THE THIRD SA'UDI STATE -- THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA -- FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1932-53 -- INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1932-53 -- REIGNS OF SA'UD IBN 'ABD AL-'AZIZ AND FAYSAL (1953-75) -- REIGN OF KHALID (1975-82) -- SAUDI ARABIA UNDER FAHD AND CROWN PRINCE 'ABD ALLAH (1982-2005) -- REIGN OF KING 'ABD ALLAH FROM 2005 -- CHAPTER 6 YEMEN: THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE -- RELIEF AND DRAINAGE -- CLIMATE -- PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE -- ETHNIC GROUPS -- LANGUAGES -- RELIGION -- SETTLEMENT PATTERNS -- DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS -- CHAPTER 7 THE YEMENI ECONOMY -- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHING -- RESOURCES AND POWER -- MANUFACTURING -- FINANCE -- TRADE -- SERVICES -- LABOUR AND TAXATION -- TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- CHAPTER 8 YEMENI GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY -- CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- JUSTICE -- POLITICAL PROCESS -- SECURITY -- HEALTH AND WELFARE -- HOUSING -- EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 9 YEMENI CULTURAL LIFE -- DAILY LIFE AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS.

THE ARTS -- CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS -- SPORTS AND RECREATION -- MEDIA AND PUBLISHING -- CHAPTER 10 YEMEN: PAST AND PRESENT -- THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM -- TWO YEMENI STATES -- UNIFICATION OF YEMEN -- CIVIL WAR AND POLITICAL UNREST -- TERRITORIAL DISPUTES -- ECONOMIC CHALLENGES -- YEMEN AND THE "WAR ON TERROR" -- MOUNTING CHALLENGE TO THE SALIH REGIME -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.