Economic and strategic power is not the exclusive province of powerful, developed countries. Kuwait has used its main resource, oil, to integrate itself into the world economy as an autonomous actor rather than as a dependent commodity exporter. This...
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Economic and strategic power is not the exclusive province of powerful, developed countries. Kuwait has used its main resource, oil, to integrate itself into the world economy as an autonomous actor rather than as a dependent commodity exporter. This daring economic strategy enabled Kuwait to claim military support from governments hosting its direct investments overseas in 1990-91 following its invasion by Iraq. Based on five years of research, including interviews with more than 200 people, Dr. Tetreault's book analyzes the development of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation in the context of do
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. Introduction ; 2. Strategy and Politics; 3. Foreign Investments I: Swimming Upstream; 4. Foreign Investments II: Sailing Downstream; 5. Foundations; 6. War and Reconstruction; 7. Culture and Interests; 8. KPC and the New World Order; Bibliography; Index
