- Hardcover: 474 pages
- Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins; First Edition edition (Sep 1976)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0214203069
- ISBN-13: 978-0214203060
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,154,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My sincere congratulations to brave Mr Moore for writing this book. It is full of most accurate historical information about the enormous struggle of UAE rulers to achieve their dream: full independence from western forces. By any means possible. The book is exciting and valuable adventure describing exotic flow of events that may have been happening in the late 70ties,80ties.
It should not be banned...by example: Queen Elisabeth I did the same thing to get her kingdom to be the most powerful force in the world in her day...Many great rulers did the same thing Sheik Rashid did. Its a tough world out there and everybody must fight. make your disadvantages into charming negative-hero-martyr qualities:
Smuggling(re export), shooting..killing...secrets...intrigue...brotherhood...businesses...media...construction...development...banks...embassies...politicians...ordinary folk...spies...girls...religion...love...everything is here.
If you want to know about the past(and present) situation in the UAE and the world at large, then read this book. You will not be disappointed.
It should not be banned...by example: Queen Elisabeth I did the same thing to get her kingdom to be the most powerful force in the world in her day...Many great rulers did the same thing Sheik Rashid did. Its a tough world out there and everybody must fight. make your disadvantages into charming negative-hero-martyr qualities:
Smuggling(re export), shooting..killing...secrets...intrigue...brotherhood...businesses...media...construction...development...banks...embassies...politicians...ordinary folk...spies...girls...religion...love...everything is here.
If you want to know about the past(and present) situation in the UAE and the world at large, then read this book. You will not be disappointed.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Living History- The Arab world came alive for me
3 Aug 2009
I opened this book by accident but couldn't put it down. When I read it on the plane, I started to wonder who knew about it and were they judging me for reading indulgent sex scenes between an ambitious retired Army colonel and young, sexy women? But that's not really the theme. I had not heard of Robin Moore but of course had known of the French Connection and Green Beret movies. His writing is similar to Ken Follett's- heroics, adventure, murder, intrigue, sex, politics... But I learned so much about the world I was born into that I got a lot out of it. I was born in Berkeley and was always told to reject sexy female stereotypes, and here are the very examples of why I should reject them. It gives insight into why feminism is so important. Not only are the western men mainly interested in power, money and sex with beautiful young women but the Arab characters are also fingered as debauched and demeaning. I learned so much about the world that was around me when I was born and it made so many cultural attitudes clearly depicted. The real theme of the book, though, is about the people who want power, money and women and the conditions under which they get them. As a social and environmental activist, I felt like it was all so clear on how people tumble into wealth and political shenanigans. The eery part of the book is when the author predicts that Iran/Iraq will be the continuation of Vietnam. I felt that George W. Bush must have read this when he was young and our war there a fait accompli. Read this if you want to learn more about the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, and the late 60s-early 70s expansion of US influence. Unless Wikipedia used it as a reference, it confirms much of the information, so I found it a useful historical fiction.
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