Oman : the true-life drama and intrigue of an Arab state / John Beasant.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing, 2013Edition: 2013 editionDescription: 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781780576640
  • 1780576641
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 953.53 23
LOC classification:
  • DS247.O68 B43 2013
Summary: Oman is one of the world's most secretive countries, ruled with absolute authority by the Sultan. All information is strictly controlled by the State: British Prime Minister Edward Heath once said that the story of the 1970 Palace Coup and the events that followed would "not be told in our lifetime." Following 10 years' residency in the country, a senior member of Sultan Qaboos's Family suggested that John Beasant write a political history of Oman that would to some extent rehabilitate the maligned name of former Sultan Said, who was deposed in the 1970 Coup. Here, Beasant catalogs a nature of exploitation woven through all manner of political and commercial interests, casts light on the dark practices so often involved in the sale of arms to Middle Eastern states, and illustrates the political use to which the sale of oil, or "black gold," can be put. Oman is a parable of our times, detailing rivalry and intrigue between people in high places. It is one of the most dramatic tales in Arab history: a chronicle of personal price, rapacious greed, and undiluted lust for power. -- Publisher
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library STACKS DS247.O68 B43 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V. Copy 1 Available 197011683

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index.

Oman is one of the world's most secretive countries, ruled with absolute authority by the Sultan. All information is strictly controlled by the State: British Prime Minister Edward Heath once said that the story of the 1970 Palace Coup and the events that followed would "not be told in our lifetime." Following 10 years' residency in the country, a senior member of Sultan Qaboos's Family suggested that John Beasant write a political history of Oman that would to some extent rehabilitate the maligned name of former Sultan Said, who was deposed in the 1970 Coup. Here, Beasant catalogs a nature of exploitation woven through all manner of political and commercial interests, casts light on the dark practices so often involved in the sale of arms to Middle Eastern states, and illustrates the political use to which the sale of oil, or "black gold," can be put. Oman is a parable of our times, detailing rivalry and intrigue between people in high places. It is one of the most dramatic tales in Arab history: a chronicle of personal price, rapacious greed, and undiluted lust for power. -- Publisher