Drury, Allen. <br/><br/>
A thing of state :  a novel / 
Allen Drury. 
 - New York :  Scribner,  1995. 
 - 383 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Lisa Drew book." 
<br/><br/> A Middle East dictator acquires the atom bomb and threatens to use it if anyone prevents his takeover of an oil-rich neighbor. The novel follows the world's reaction--from the vacillations of the UN secretary-general to the wiles of the U.S. president who spots an opportunity for re-election. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0684807025 9780684807027 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95008857  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United Nations--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International relations--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Political fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 3554  / D796t 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54