Ellen R. Wald, PhD, is a widely cited consultant on geopolitics and the global energy industry. She earned her doctorate in history at Boston University and an AB in history, Near Eastern studies, and creative writing at Princeton University. She teaches Middle East history and policy and has appeared on TV and radio on three continents.
"Wald has produced a clear, concise history of both the kingdom and
its all-important oil corporation." -- Publishers Weekly
"A solid overview of a nation much in world news and of economic
trends that will have significant effects in the global marketplace
in years to come." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Well-written and well-researched, Wald's book is crucial reading
for understanding Saudi Arabia as this oil-rich kingdom finds
itself in the forefront of fighting Iran's attempts to control the
Middle East and humiliate the US. A timely masterpiece. " -- Steve
Forbes
"I can highly recommend it. A really fascinating history of Saudi
Aramco." -- Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg
"Saudi, Inc. should be mandatory reading for anyone
planning to do business in Saudi Arabia. Those of us who have spent
years studying the Kingdom are often saddled with the dilemma of
explaining its complexity. Ellen Wald has done a masterful job of
taking you inside the boardrooms and the royal chambers, the
competing interests and personalities. She captures the vast scope
of history, from the conquest of King Abdul Aziz to the evolution
of the business community over the past 80 years. Wald brings alive
the interplay among the al Saud family, the tribes, the religious
community and culture, and how they all contributed to the
Kingdom's development. Those who may think the Saudis were ill
equipped to deal with the modern world are likely to walk away
rethinking facile assumptions. Wald chronicles the skill in which
the Saudis outmaneuvered everyone, especially the large U.S.
corporate enterprises. A necessary read for all those venturing to
the Gulf. " -- Ambassador James B. Smith, ambassador to Saudi
Arabia 2009-2013
"The U.S.-Saudi relationship is both critically important to both
countries and fraught with contradictions. In this incisive and
briskly readable study, Ellen Wald skillfully traces the evolution
of that relationship from its earliest days down to the present.
Saudi, Inc. is an important and timely book." -- Andrew J.
Bacevich, author of America's War for the Greater Middle East: A
Military History
"A competent history of the Saudi Aramco and of how the House of
Saud came to dominate the Arabian Peninsula in the 1920s. Its most
original parts deal with the Saudi government's "long game" to gain
full control of Aramco while avoiding outright nationalization." --
Foreign Affairs
"An essential text for anyone who wants to understand the unique
history of both Saudi Arabia and Saudi Aramco. Wald has done a
tremendous job researching the history of the House of Saud and the
evolution of Aramco and provides an in-depth analysis of the people
and personalities involved." -- Mordern Trader
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