<DIV><P>Saudi Arabia is an enigma to most Americans. The country is home to Islam&rsquo;s holiest sites and the world&rsquo;s largest proven oil reserves. A strategic partner to the U.S. in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is also the homeland of Osama bin Laden, and -fifteen of the nineteen hijackers who attacked the United States on Septem-ber 11, 2001. Although officially considered a "moderate" Islamic state by the U.S., Saudia Arabia enforces the same state religious ideology as did the Taliban.</p><P>In <I>Saudi Arabia & the U.S.</I>, Arab American scholar Asad AbuKhalil examines Saudi society, its history, religion, and ethnic tribalism, and the shared interests, tensions, and con-tradictions inherent in U.S.-Saudi relations.</P><P><B>Asad AbuKhalil</B> is the author of <I>Bin Laden, Islam, and America&rsquo;s New "War on Terrorism."</I></P></DIV>