1st Edition

Kuwait Recovery And Security After The Gulf War

By Anthony H Cordesman Copyright 1997
    168 Pages
    by Routledge

    168 Pages
    by Routledge

    With the thoroughness that this recently spotlighted nation requires, this volume examines Kuwait's internal and external security situation after the turbulent days of the Gulf War and investigates continued Western involvement in its safekeeping. It also examines Kuwait's changing role as an energy exporter.

    Preface -- Introduction -- Kuwait’s External Security: The Problem of Iran and Iraq -- Political and Economic Stability and Security -- Internal Security -- Kuwait’s Military Forces -- Kuwaiti Military Spending and Arms Imports -- Kuwait’s Military Forces Before the Gulf War -- Rebuilding Kuwait’s Forces Following the Gulf War -- Kuwait’s Land Forces Since the Gulf War -- Kuwait’s Naval Forces Since the Gulf War -- Kuwait’s Air Forces Since the Gulf War -- Kuwaiti Paramilitary and Internal Security Forces -- Strategic Interests -- Sources and Methods

    Biography

    Anthony H Cordesman