MBS - Ben Hubbard - 2020

The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman







By: Ben Hubbard

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 03-10-20

Language: English

Genre: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures

Publisher: Random House Audio

Format: mp3 64/48 stereo



Publisher's Summary



The gripping chronicle of the rise of Saudi Arabia’s secretive and mercurial new ruler



“A rare and penetrating look behind the curtain of the world’s most important family and its dangerous new leader.”(Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower)



MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East - and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom’s economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran. That vision won him fans at home and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, in Hollywood, and at the White House, where President Trump embraced the prince as a key player in his own vision for the Middle East. But over time, the sheen of the visionary young reformer has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to determine whether MBS is in fact a rising dictator whose inexperience and rash decisions are destabilizing the world’s most volatile region.



Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machinations behind the kingdom’s catastrophic military intervention in Yemen, the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, and the shifting Saudi relationships with Israel and the United States. And finally, it sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat’s rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a crime that shook Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Washington and left the world wondering whether MBS could get away with murder.



MBS is a riveting, eye-opening account of how the young prince has wielded vast powers to reshape his kingdom and the world around him.



©2020 Ben Hubbard (P)2020 Random House Audio



Critic Reviews



“Saudi Arabia is testing the extremes of tradition and innovation, of half-baked visions and intensifying repression. Ben Hubbard’s authoritative reporting on the inner sanctums of its society offers a perfect synthesis of journalism and area expertise: the best description we have at the moment of why things happen as they do in the kingdom.” (Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo’s World)



“A devastating profile of the Saudi prince who rose rapidly to become one of the Middle East’s most powerful players—and one of the world’s most ruthless leaders... Ben Hubbard has provided a chilling and occasionally horrifying portrait of a man known worldwide simply by his initials: MBS. It’s a captivating read.” (Robin Wright, author of Rock the Casbah)



“An elegant writer, the multilingual veteran Middle East correspondent Ben Hubbard is exactly the right person to draw this portrait of the most important leader in that part of the world today. His fast-paced narrative never flags or avoids dark corners. I found it riveting.” (Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s Ghost)











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