I found "Inside the Kingdom" to be a very interesting read. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004YE4U5Y/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 http://www.amazo

I found "Inside the Kingdom" to be a very interesting read. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004YE4U5Y/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004YE4U5Y/ref=dp-kindle-redirect... It's not an "agenda book", it might even be described in some stretches as somewhat sympathetic/pragmatic to the regime, but it's a very thorough and very well written history of Saudi Arabia and analysis of its current (as of 2009) situation - politics, economics etc. Wikipedia states (unsourced) that it has "been cited as standard study texts for the diplomatic community working inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", but I can believe it.