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Blood and Oil - Mohammed Bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power (Hardcover)
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From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory
look at the inner workings of the world's most powerful royal
family, and how the struggle for succession produced Saudi Arabia's
charismatic but ruthless Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, aka MBS.
35-year-old Mohammed bin Salman's sudden rise stunned the world.
Political and business leaders such as former UK prime minister
Tony Blair and WME chairman Ari Emanuel flew out to meet with the
crown prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the
kingdom was sincere. He spoke passionately about bringing women
into the workforce and toning down Saudi Arabia's restrictive
Islamic law. He lifted the ban on women driving and explored
investments in Silicon Valley. But MBS began to betray an erratic
interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and
public relations experts like McKinsey & Company. The
allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out,
including that he ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal
Khashoggi. While stamping out dissent by holding 300 people,
including prominent members of the Saudi royal family, in the
Ritz-Carlton hotel and elsewhere for months, he continued to
exhibit his extreme wealth, including buying a $70 million chateau
in Europe and one of the world's most expensive yachts. It seemed
that he did not understand nor care about how the outside world
would react to his displays of autocratic muscle--what mattered was
the flex. Blood and Oil is a gripping work of investigative
journalism about one of the world's most decisive and dangerous new
leaders. Hope and Scheck show how MBS' precipitous rise coincided
with the fraying of the simple bargain that had been at the head of
US-Saudi relations for more than 80 years: oil, for military
protection. Caught in his net are well-known US bankers, Hollywood
figures, and politicians, all eager to help the charming and crafty
crown prince. The Middle East is already a volatile region. Add to
the mix an ambitious prince with extraordinary powers, hunger for
lucre, a tight relationship with the White House through President
Trump's son in law Jared Kushner, and an apparent willingness to
break anything--and anyone--that gets in the way of his vision, and
the stakes of his rise are bracing. If his bid fails, Saudi Arabia
has the potential to become an unstable failed state and a magnet
for Islamic extremists. And if his bid to transform his country
succeeds, even in part, it will have reverberations around the
world. Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business
Book of the Year Award
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