Kuwait 1945-96: an Anglo-American perspective
JOYCE Miriam
Kuwait 1945-96: an Anglo-American perspective - London: Frank Cass, 1998 - 182p.
Surveys events in Kuwait from the beginning of the Twentieth century until the Second World War and explains Britain's initial interest in the ruling Al-Sabah family before focusing on the post-1945 period. After the Second World War Kuwait became an area of considerable interest to both Britain and the US. Analyses such post-war events as the 1956 Suez crisis; the independence of Kuwait; the attempted annexation of Kuwait by Iraq in 1961; and the events which led to the 1990 Iraqi invasion and the Anglo-American response.
071464420X (pbk.): 16.50 UK
BRITAIN--FOREIGN RELATIONS--KUWAIT
GULF WAR
HISTORY
INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS
KUWAIT
KUWAIT--FOREIGN RELATIONS--BRITAIN
KUWAIT--FOREIGN RELATIONS--UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN RELATIONS--KUWAIT
Kuwait 1945-96: an Anglo-American perspective - London: Frank Cass, 1998 - 182p.
Surveys events in Kuwait from the beginning of the Twentieth century until the Second World War and explains Britain's initial interest in the ruling Al-Sabah family before focusing on the post-1945 period. After the Second World War Kuwait became an area of considerable interest to both Britain and the US. Analyses such post-war events as the 1956 Suez crisis; the independence of Kuwait; the attempted annexation of Kuwait by Iraq in 1961; and the events which led to the 1990 Iraqi invasion and the Anglo-American response.
071464420X (pbk.): 16.50 UK
BRITAIN--FOREIGN RELATIONS--KUWAIT
GULF WAR
HISTORY
INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS
KUWAIT
KUWAIT--FOREIGN RELATIONS--BRITAIN
KUWAIT--FOREIGN RELATIONS--UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN RELATIONS--KUWAIT