Recommended Reading

• Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror (Michael Sauer)
  
• The 9/11 Commission Report
  
• Succession in Saudi Arabia (Joseph A. Kechichian)
  
• The Kingdom (Robert Lacey)
  
• The House of Saud: Rise and Rule of the Most Powerful Dynasty in the Arab World (David Holden)
  
• Saudi Arabia and Its Royal Family (William Powell)
  
• The Rise, Corruption and Coming Fall of the House of Saud (Said K. Aburish)
  
• The Saudi File: People, Power, Politics (Anders Jerichow)
  
• Holier than Thou. Saudi Arabia's Islamist Radicals (Joshua Teitelbaum)
  
• Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent (Mamoun Fandy)
  
• Oil, God and Gold: The Story of Aramco and the Saudi Kings(Anthony Cave Brown )
  
• A Handbook of the Al Saud Ruling Family of Saudi Arabia (Brian Lees)

Books about doing business in Saudi Arabia:

• Saudi Arabia Investment & Business Guide (Emerging Markets Investment Center )
  
• Saudi Arabia Business Law Handbook (Emerging Markets Investment Center )
  
• Doing Business in Saudi Arabia (Anthony Shoult)

Links

• The Saudi Information Resource A comprehesive listing of Saudi ministries and agencies with contact information.
• The Saudi Embassy Source for diplomatic information.
• CIA's World Fact Book on Saudi Arabia Maps, Economic, Political, Military statistics.
• SaudiLand (Arabic) A good listing of Arabic and English resources on Saudi Arabia
• ArabNet Owned by Prince Salman, a good source of news, links.
• Computer News Middle East Computer news in the Middle East.