Explore how Kuwait, a country smaller than the state of New Jersey, has become one of the most important oil-producing countries in the world.
Michael S. Casey is Professor of the Humanities at Graceland University in Iowa. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy and writes extensively on military history. He is co-author of Teaching the Korean War: An Instructor's Handbook. As a member of the Kuwait-United States Defense Review Group, he helped to plan the rebuilding of Kuwait's post-war national defense, during which time he lived in Kuwait and worked with the top echelons of Kuwait's defense establishment.
[T]his comprehensive history of Kuwait spans from 3000 BCE, when
the first settlers traveled through the northwestern coast of the
Persian Gulf, to 2006 CE, when Kuwaiti women first voted in
municipal elections. The book contains a thorough depiction of the
country's geography and demography, tracing its evolution as a
nation through its verious forms under different rulers and
occupying countries. It also carefully addresses the current
conditions, both social and political, of this small but wealthy
country in the modern era, and includes a list of notable
Kuwaitis.
*Middle East Journal*
The History of Kuwait includes information about the land and
people, and the history of this area from ca. 3000 BCE, through
independence, nationhood, invasion by Iraq in 1990, occupation, and
liberation up to present day Kuwait.
*Multicultural Review*
Writing for students and interested lay people, Casey has penned an
accessible analytical history of the Middle Eastern country of
Kuwait. The material is structured similarly to other volumes in
the Greenwood Histories of Modern Nations series, offering a
timeline of historical events, a broadly chronological narrative
that describes Kuwait's origins as a desert sheikhdom in the 19th
century and its evolution through the present time, biographical
information on notable people, a glossary, and a bibliographic
essay.
*Reference & Research Book News*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
