Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar (Cambridge Middle East Library, Series Number 24)

Aslam a'lekomSuch a strong book in Kuwait history parallel compared to Qatar .Dr Jill do a great job because the information about Kuwait development plan at the early fifties.I like to thank her for her prediction to Iraq invasion to Kuwait at 1990

This book used Qatar and Kuwait as a compare and contrast to provide some deep understanding of the gulf. It is a great boo, but can be hard to follow at times because its so condensed. I read this book for a graduate course on the Arab gulf. It is an older version so it does not speak about the aftermath of the Kuwait-Iraq war. But overall a good read.

Overall good book in helping understand how oil wealth and domestic power structures intercepted. Now a bit dated as it ends with aftermath of Kuwait's liberation in 1991. Some aspects of author's analysis at odds with my personal knowledge of certain developments in Kuwait.

It is a very good book to read to understand the history and current situation in the Gulf, not only to understand Kuwait and Qatar.

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