Table of Contents

Introduction Strategy and Politics Foreign Investments I: Swimming Upstream Foreign Investments II: Sailing Downstream Foundations War and Reconstruction Culture and Interests KPC and the New World Order Bibliography Index

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A unique, research-based study of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the role it plays in Kuwait's effort to integrate itself into the world economy as an autonomous actor, not as another dependent commodity exporter.

About the Author

MARY ANN TETREAULT is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center at Iowa State University. Among her several previous books is Revolution in the World Petroleum Market (Quorum, 1985). Research for this book was supported by a Fulbright Fellowship and grants from Old Dominion University and the United States Institute for Peace.

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?Highly recommended to upper-division students and above who have a general interest in Kuwait and a particular interest in the KPC.?-Choice

"Highly recommended to upper-division students and above who have a general interest in Kuwait and a particular interest in the KPC."-Choice