Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah : the transformation of Kuwait

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Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah : the transformation of Kuwait

Title remainder

the transformation of Kuwait

Statement of responsibility

by Souad M. Al-Sabah

Creator

• Al-Sabah, S. M

Author

• Al-Sabah, S. M

Subject

• History
• Kuwait -- History -- 20th century
• Ṣabāḥ, ʻAbd Allāh Mubārak, 1914-1991

Language

eng

Summary

Sheikh Mubarak was the founder of the modern state of Kuwait. But the man who actually led Kuwait to modernity was his son Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, one of the most significant figures of Kuwait from the 1940s to Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Largely responsible for the creation of the Kuwaiti defence forces, Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah made a point of prioritising what he saw to be Kuwait's national interests in the face of British, American and Iranian pressures during a crucial period of change. He developed carefully crafted, cautious relations with foreign oil companies and secured Kuwait's economic standing through his driven and single-minded policies. The author here presents this part-biography, part-history of modern Kuwait, with fresh new research and insights

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 953.67
• 953.67

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

DS247.K88

LC item number

A4 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography