It includes facts which show the activities and document the activities of the various ministries, institutes and authorities in Kuwait. The book also includes figures that reveal the rate of development and efficiency of these activities. These developments and activities accent our national, intellectual, cultural and religious goals and accentuate the civilized state of Kuwait at all levels.
Since the discovery of the worlds third largest oil reserves within its borders, Kuwait has achieved international political prominence far exceeding its physical size. The country had already played a role in history before, however. Local sources take that history back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The present book takes the history of Kuwait still further back using European so…