Qatar - A Country Study
Investor
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Investment Banking
Stock Market
Venture Capital
Personal Finance
Index Page
Introduction
Chapter 1. Historical Setting
TRADE IN THE GULF
THE GULF IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
The Spread of Islam
THE GULF IN THE MIDDLE AGES
THE AGE OF COLONIALISM
WAHHABI ISLAM AND THE GULF
TREATIES WITH THE BRITISH
DISCOVERY OF OIL
INDEPENDENCE
DEVELOPMENTS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
TRIBAL NATURE OF GULF SOCIETY
Chapter 4. Qatar
COUNTRY
SOCIETY
ECONOMY
TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
NATIONAL SECURITY
Qatar -- Geography
Qatar -- Population
Qatar -- Education and Welfare
Qatar -- Health
Qatar -- The Economy
Oil
Natural Gas
Industry
Labor
Agriculture and Fishing
Transportation and Telecommunications
Money and Banking
Budget
Trade
Qatar -- Government and Politics
The Al Thani
The Merchant Families
Opposition
The Media
Qatar -- Foreign Relations
Chapter 7. Regional and National Security Considerations
Historical Overview
Impact of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Territorial Disputes
Regional Security Problems
Collective Security under the Gulf Cooperation Council
Military Capabilities of the Persian Gulf States
Kuwait
Organization and Mission of the Forces
Role of Kuwaiti Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf War
Personnel, Training, and Recruitment
Internal Security
Police and the Criminal Justice System
Human Rights Practices
Bahrain
Persian Gulf War
Internal Security
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Organization and Equipment
The Role of the United Arab Emirates in the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War
Internal Security Problems
Oman
Mission of the Armed Forces
Organization and Equipment of the Armed Forces
Omani Role in the Persian Gulf War, 1991
Internal Security
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