| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> KuwaitFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Kuwait**Library of Congress Call Number DS247.A13                   P47 1994****Please                   note**: The current Country Study was previously in a                   multi-country volume. Chapter numbers reflect those used in                   the printed book. - Persian                       Gulf States -- Kuwait  ForewordAcknowledgments
- Preface  Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (William Smyth)                          - Trade                           in the Gulf  The                           Gulf in the Ancient WorldEarly                           Development of Islam
Sunni                               Islam
- Shia                               Islam  The                               Spread of IslamThe                           Gulf in the Middle Ages
- The                           Age of Colonialism  Wahhabi                           Islam and the GulfTreaties                           with the British
- Discovery                           of Oil  IndependenceDevelopments                           Since Independence
- Tribal                           Nature of Gulf Society      - Chapter                       2 - Kuwait  (Jill Crystal)                            - Kuwait                           -- Country Profile        - Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                               and TelecommunicationsGovernment                               and Politics
- National                               Security    Kuwait                           -- GeographyKuwait                           -- Society
Population
- Education  Health                               and WelfareKuwait                           -- Economy
Oil                               Industry
- Diversification  Agriculture                               and FishingTransportation                               and Telecommunications
- Banking                               and Finance  Foreign                               InvestmentForeign                               Aid and Trade
- Kuwait                           -- Political System    - Ruling                               Family  BureaucracyLegislature
- Constitution  The                               MediaKuwait                           -- Foreign Relations
Persian                               Gulf War
- Post-Persian                               Gulf War Foreign Policy   Kuwait                           -- Reconstruction After the Persian Gulf War- Postwar                               Society  Economic                               ReconstructionPolitics
Chapter                       7 - Regional and National Security Considerations
 (Jean                       R. Tartter)                       
Historical                           Overview
Impact                               of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88
- Persian                               Gulf War, 1991   Territorial                           DisputesRegional                           Security Problems
- Collective                           Security under the Gulf Cooperation Council  Military                           Capabilities of the Persian Gulf StatesKuwait
Background
- Organization                               and Mission of the Forces  Role                               of Kuwaiti Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf WarPersonnel,                               Training, and Recruitment
- Internal                               Security  Police                               and the Criminal Justice SystemHuman                               Rights Practices
- Bahrain    - Persian                               Gulf War  Internal                               SecurityQatar
- United                           Arab Emirates    - Background  Organization                               and EquipmentThe                               Role of the United Arab Emirates in the Iran-Iraq                               War and the Persian Gulf War
- Internal                               Security Problems   Oman- Background  Mission                               of the Armed ForcesOrganization                               and Equipment of the Armed Forces
- Omani                               Role in the Persian Gulf War, 1991  Internal                               Security- Appendix. Tables    BibliographyGlossary

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