Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook 1999 [Hardcover]

Gregory R. Copley (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1892998033 | ISBN-13: 978-1892998033 | Publication Date: January 15, 1999

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, demographics, 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.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

If the US emerged from the Cold War as the only remaining superpower state, then Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook (started in 1976) emerged as the only remaining superpower in strategic global intelligence. The Handbook's 1999 edition, with chapters on 238 countries and territories, is the first since 1996, and as a result is massively changed over the previous edition, and some 250 pages thicker. Each country chapter lists the leadership and cabinet, followed by a detailed history, recent developments, general demographics, political data (including elections, election results, political parties, judicary, etc.), economic and infrastructural demographics, media and communications, followed by a defense overview, the defense structure of the state, defense budgets, manpower, treaties, chemicals and biological weapons capabilities, defense leadership and addresses, and then the battle order of all armed services, with equipment and deployment. This is then followed by! sections listing major embassies, the intelligence services, and finally any insurgency groups. This was the pattern in previous years, too, but this year the maps have mostly been upgraded, the national flag is shown, and there is more detail (evidenced by the increase in pages). There is also a valuable new chapter which explains, particularly for non-defense analysts, the origin and relative status of various military units. There is a good Who's Who in Defense & Foreign Affairs, an improved atlas, and several other important chapters. US President Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor said that Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook was "indispensible to the running of National Security Council". Well, it's even better now.

About the Author

Australian Gregory R. Copley is one of the few acknowledged experts in the fields of psychological strategy and grand strategy, and has served as strategic advisor to a number of governments, often at head-of-state level. He also served as Strategic Advisor to the late Emperor Amha Selassie I, of Ethiopia. He is the author of several thousand classified and unclassified studies on strategic issues, including books on history and strategic topics. He is the founding Editor of the "Defense & Foreign Affairs" series of publications, begun in 1972 with world-renowned strategic philosopher Dr Stefan T. Possony. Together, in 1982, they also started the International Strategic Studies Association, a worldwide NGO for professionals involved in strategic policy. Copley, who has covered conflicts and strategic situations first-hand for more than 35 years, is the author of numerous books and studies on Africa and the Middle East, including the "Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbo! ok on Egypt". Copley has edited, since 1976, the regularly-published "Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook", a 1,800-page+ encyclopedia which has detailed chapters on every country, colony and territory in the world.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Defense & Foreign Affairs Ltd (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892998033
• ISBN-13: 978-1892998033
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,872,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)