Hope and Scheck show how MBS’s precipitous rise coincided with the fraying of the simple bargain that had been at the head of U.S.-Saudi relations for more than eighty years: oil in exchange for military protection. Blood and Oil is a gripping work of investigative journalism about one of the world’s most decisive and dangerous new leaders. 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.
While stamping out dissent by holding three hundred 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. The allegations of his extreme brutality and excess began to slip out, including that he ordered the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But MBS began to betray an erratic interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and public relations experts like McKinsey and Company. He lifted the ban on women driving and explored investments in Silicon Valley. He spoke passionately about bringing women into the workforce and toning down Saudi Arabia’s restrictive Islamic law. Political and business leaders such as former UK prime minister Tony Blair and WME chairman Ari Emmanuel flew out to meet with the crown prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere. Thirty-five-year-old Mohammed bin Salman’s sudden rise stunned the world. You can read this before Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global Power PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.įrom award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Justin Scheck and Bradley Hope (coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale), this revelatory look at the world’s most powerful ruling family reveals how a rift within Saudi Arabian royalty produced Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a charismatic leader with a ruthless streak. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global Power written by Bradley Hope which was published in.
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