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I found "Inside the Kingdom" to be a very interesting read.

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.

Thanks I've purchased that and will be reading it this weekend!

Those items I linked to do very much have an agenda so it's good to see something that is giving a different perspective.

A good advice and concrete recommendations. This is why I love HN. Thank you.

I would thoroughly recommend EVERYTHING by Adam Curtis.

Power of nightmares especially in relation to "terrorism". But also the others.