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Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global Power
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88/100Author:
Bradley Hope, Justin Scheck
Publisher:
Hachette Books
Date:
September 1, 2020
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Justin Scheck and Bradley Hope (coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale), this 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.
What The Reviewers Say
For once, the publisher’s hype is true. Blood and Oil really is a riveting page-turner, a descent into a nest of vipers, a chilling profile of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known by his initials MBS..
... an engrossing new book.
Unlike other recent reporting focusing on MBS’ enigmatic personality, Scheck and Hope follow the money, emphasizing the crucial role that billion-dollar development projects, investment funds, and public stock offerings played in securing MBS’ legitimacy among international elites and the chaotic and highly transactional Trump administration..
... Hope and Scheck marshal their research into a page-turning narrative that persuasively casts MBS as a grave danger to the region. This detailed exposé rings true..
