B61359 - Hatred's Kingdom - book
Gold, DoreApril 6, 2007
Two men, ibn Saud and ibn Abdul Wahhab, struck an alliance in 1744, thus establishing the first Saudi state. Their descendants would be the rulers of that state for generations. As a political-religious force, the newly created regime declared jihad and subdued a far-reaching number of bedouin tribes. They called their movement "the call to the doctrine of the Oneness of God," known in the West as Wahhabism. Those who would not accept their doctrine were considered disbelievers and polytheists, making it acceptable to kill them and confiscate their property. This doctrine and practice has been exported around the world and is presented as the basis for modern global terrorism. Oil, money, intrigue, world wars, terrorism, and the national security interests of the West are interwoven with the history of Saudi Arabia. Extensively documented with canceled checks, payment schedules to the families of suicide bombers, high-level intelligence reports and more. Dore Gold is the president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations from 1997-1999.
From the back cover:
"Ambassador Gold blows the lid off the dangerous stream of support to terrorist and extremist groups. If the Saudis do not move to extinguish the fire they have been fueling, they will themselves be consumed by it."
-Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense
"Those who direct Saudi Arabia's state religion, the Wahhabi sect of Islam, loathe Christians, Jews, other Muslims, modernity, decency toward women, and freedom itself. The Saudi establishment has accepted a Faustian bargain, buying protection for itself by financing the spread of Wahhabi hatred around the world. If you read one book to understand the roots of al-Qaeda's fury and the hostility to us within the Muslim world, it should be this--Dore Gold's superbly told history of the Wahhabis."
-R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA
"Dore Gold is best known as an Israeli foreign policy analyst and diplomat, but he has also long been, since writing his Ph.D. at Columbian University on this subject, a specialist on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With Saudi support for militant Islam and for terrorist operations making front-page news, Gold adds an historical dimension to the debate, explaining in this important book where the hatred comes from and its full implications, as well as offering helpful suggestions on how to counter it."
-Daniel Pipes, Director of the Middle East Forum
Dore Gold, the president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, served as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations from 1997 through 1999. Having served as foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, he has been a diplomatic envoy to the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, the Persian Gulf states, and the Palestinian Authority, and has been intimately involved in Arab-Israeli negotiations. Ambassador Gold, who earned his Ph.D. in International Relations and Middle East Studies from Columbia University, has written numerous books and articles on the Middle East, his articles appearing in such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, and the Daily Telegraph. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and two children.
Table of Contents:
- The Roots of Terror
- Violent Origins
- Countering the Wahhabi Menace
- "White Terror"
- Building the Modern Saudi State
- Reactivating Wahhabism
- The Hothouse for Militant Islamic Radicalism
- Wahhabism Reasserts Itself
- Wahhabism's Global Reach
- Countdown to September 11
- The Hatred Continues
- Ending the Hatred
- Title: Hatred's Kingdom
- Item#: B61359
- ISBN: 0-89526-135-9
- Size: 309 pages
- Length: 9.31
- Width: 6.38
- Weight: 1.4
- Copyright: 2003
