| List of Figures, Tables and Graphs | p. x |
| Acknowledgments | p. xii |
| Note on Transliteration | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Kuwaiti internal security dynamics | p. 3 |
| Researching internal security in Kuwait | p. 12 |
| History and Government of Internal Security in Kuwait | p. 17 |
| The impact of oil | p. 17 |
| Development of the state security apparatus | p. 20 |
| Contemporary internal security organs | p. 25 |
| Summary | p. 27 |
| The Immediate Impact of Neighboring Revolution and War, February 1979-January 1981 | p. 28 |
| The "Shiite-ization" of the revolutionary challenge | p. 29 |
| The revolution and Kuwaiti Shia | p. 31 |
| The revolution, Iranian expats and other foreign residents | p. 35 |
| Attacks against Iranian interests | p. 39 |
| The bombing of al-Rai al-Amm | p. 42 |
| Restoring the National Assembly | p. 44 |
| Summary | p. 47 |
| New Political Forums and Ongoing Regional Tremors, February 1981-November 1983 | p. 49 |
| The new Assembly and other domestic forums | p. 50 |
| The Gulf Cooperation Council | p. 52 |
| Return of "spring surprises" | p. 54 |
| Battlefield reverberations | p. 57 |
| Palestinian attacks and the Palestinian community | p. 59 |
| New trends regarding expatriates | p. 63 |
| Summary | p. 68 |
| Major Terror Attacks and National Transformation, December 1983-January 1986 | p. 70 |
| Immediate responses to the December 1983 bombings | p. 71 |
| Political convictions behind pursuing and purging Shia | p. 73 |
| Pursuing and purging Shia | p. 76 |
| Limitations on foreign population size | p. 79 |
| Limitations on foreign population character | p. 81 |
| Physical barriers | p. 85 |
| "Strict" measures | p. 86 |
| The 1984 hijacking and assassination attempt on Amir Jabir | p. 87 |
| The cafe bombings and new strategies | p. 92 |
| Proliferation of state security trials | p. 97 |
| Decline of the appeal of religious fundamentalism and the 1985 Assembly | p. 99 |
| Summary | p. 101 |
| Criticism and Extremism from Kuwaiti Citizens, February 1986-August 1988 | p. 103 |
| The internationalization of the war | p. 104 |
| Restricting venues for domestic dissent | p. 106 |
| The June 1986 attacks, public opinion and terrorism trials | p. 110 |
| The citizen-bomber development | p. 114 |
| Explaining citizen-bombers | p. 119 |
| Responding to citizen extremism | p. 122 |
| De-emphasis on the threat from foreign residents | p. 124 |
| Summary | p. 127 |
| Old and New Antagonisms after the Ceasefire, September 1988-July 1990 | p. 129 |
| Post-war subversion | p. 130 |
| The post-war politics of foreign residents | p. 134 |
| The parliamentary movement | p. 137 |
| The National Council plan | p. 141 |
| Summary | p. 145 |
| Loyalty, Opposition and the Iraqi Invasion, August 1990-August 1991 | p. 147 |
| Military and security personnel | p. 148 |
| Civilian resisters and other Kuwaiti "insiders" | p. 153 |
| The parliamentary movement revisited | p. 155 |
| Expatriate collaboration | p. 162 |
| Population reinvention | p. 166 |
| Summary | p. 170 |
| Period Trends and New Challenges | p. 172 |
| Key findings | p. 172 |
| New and looming challenges | p. 176 |
| Number of Administrative Deportations per Month According to Nationality, 1978-89 | p. 182 |
| Number of First-time Residence Permits Issued per Year, 1978-89 | p. 186 |
| Kuwaiti Daily Newspapers and Their Orientations Circa 1986 | p. 187 |
| Notes and References | p. 188 |
| Bibliography | p. 215 |
| Index | p. 229 |
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