The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the Economics of the New World Order

by Mary Ann Tétreault

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899305105
• ISBN13: 9780899305103
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"