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Jim Krane, an award-winning journalist, was the AP’s Persian Gulf Correspondent, responsible for coverage in all six Gulf Arab countries. He has also written about Dubai for The Economist and the Financial Times. Previously, he was an AP Baghdad Correspondent and New York--based business writer. He lives in Cambridge, England, with his wife and son.
Preface | p. xi |
Dubai Stirs | p. 1 |
The Sands of Time | p. 3 |
Birth of a Free Port | p. 21 |
Oil, Slaves, and Rebellion | p. 39 |
Dubai Emerges | p. 63 |
It's Sheikh Rashid's World-We Just Live in It | p. 65 |
The Road to Dominance | p. 81 |
Sprinting the Marathon | p. 103 |
Almost Famous | p. 135 |
Spreading Out and Going Up | p. 151 |
Diamonds, Dubai, and Israel | p. 167 |
Sheikh Mohammed: Born to Rule | p. 177 |
Blowback: The Downside | p. 197 |
Labor Pains | p. 199 |
Sex and Slavery | p. 213 |
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare | p. 223 |
The Lawless Roads | p. 233 |
Dubai's Challenge | p. 251 |
Danger Ahead | p. 253 |
Democracy and Terrorism | p. 271 |
Stuck Between America and Iran | p. 283 |
The Meaning of Dubai | p. 297 |
Epilogue: Dubai, February 2010 | p. 315 |
Notes | p. 321 |
Acknowledgments | p. 345 |
Index | p. 347 |
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