Kuwait: Recovery And Security After The Gulf War / Edition 1

by Anthony H Cordesman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813332444
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	02/07/1997
Series:	CSIS Middle East Dynamic Net Assessment Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1570L (what's this?)

About the Author

Anthony H. Cordesman is currently a senior fellow and codirector of the Middle East Program, and director of the Middle East Program at CSIS, a military analyst for ABC News and adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University. He has served in senior positions in the office of the secretary of defense, NATO, and the U.S. Senate. Abraham R. Wagner is an independent defense consultant in the area of national security problems working with Science Applications International, Inc., as well as several federal agencies. He has written extensively on Third World military technologies and appeared on ABC News, the BBC, National Public Radio, and CBN to provide expert analysis of the Persian Gulf War.

Table of Contents

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