Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah : the transformation of Kuwait
Al-Sabah, S. M.2015
Books, Manuscripts
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.
Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah : the transformation of Kuwait / by Souad M. Al-Sabah.
Al-Sabah, S. M., author
London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
xviii, 206 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9781780764337 (hbk)
953.67
DS247.K88
English
1842116