Kuait Recovery And Security After The Gulf War [Paperback]

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