Defense Foreign Affairs Handbook 1999 Author:Gregory R. Copley An annual, hard-bound book now of some 1,800 pages per edition, has been the most important global reference encyclopedia for most world leaders since its first edition in 1976. It has comprehensive chapters on 238 countries and territories worldwide, with each chapter giving full cabinet and leadership listings, history, recent developments, de... more »mographics, economic statistics, political and constitutional data (including political parties and names, voting records, etc.), news media, defense overview, defense structure, treaties, defense budgets and key personnel, defense manpower, full battle orders for all military services, details of intelligence services, key embassies abroad, insurgency groups, and so on. As well, there are maps in each chapter, plus an atlas at the back of the book. There are chapters with biographies of key strategic leaders from around the world, arms transfer tables, chapters on acronyms and terminology, and so on. There is no publicati! on even remotely as comprehensive as the Handbook. If you have not used it before, you will marvel at how you ever survived without it.« less