Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah
The Transformation of Kuwait
Business & Finance, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, History
| Author: | Souad M. Al-Sabah | ISBN: | 9780857738523 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | February 2, 2015 |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris | Language: | English |
| Author: | Souad M. Al-Sabah |
| ISBN: | 9780857738523 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | February 2, 2015 |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Language: | English |
Sheikh Mubarak was the founder of the modern state of Kuwait. But the man who actually led Kuwait to modernity was his son Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, one of the most significant figures of Kuwait from the 1940s to Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Largely responsible for the creation of the Kuwaiti defence forces, Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah made a point of prioritising what he saw to be Kuwait's national interests in the face of British, American and Iranian pressures during a crucial period of change. He developed carefully crafted, cautious relations with foreign oil companies and secured Kuwait's economic standing through his driven and single-minded policies.
Sheikh Mubarak was the founder of the modern state of Kuwait. But the man who actually led Kuwait to modernity was his son Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah, one of the most significant figures of Kuwait from the 1940s to Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Largely responsible for the creation of the Kuwaiti defence forces, Abdullah Mubarak Al-Sabah made a point of prioritising what he saw to be Kuwait's national interests in the face of British, American and Iranian pressures during a crucial period of change. He developed carefully crafted, cautious relations with foreign oil companies and secured Kuwait's economic standing through his driven and single-minded policies.
