ABSTRACT

The world map has changed dramatically since the publication of the ninth edition of An Atlas of World Affairs. This tenth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, placing international issues and conflicts in their most recent geographical contexts through the integration of a hundred maps. Material on new issues includes: * the break up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
* expansion of the European Union
* the political reshaping of South Africa
* the pressing environmental concerns faced by many of the new soveriegn states.
An Atlas of World Affairs revised and in print since 1957 has proved an invaluable guide to the people, factions and events that have shaped the modern world from the second world war to the present day.

chapter 1|4 pages

People and pressure

chapter 2|3 pages

Economic groupings

chapter 3|3 pages

Oil

chapter 4|3 pages

Nuclear geography

chapter 5|3 pages

The long arm of war

chapter 6|3 pages

Sea law

chapter 7|3 pages

No longer three worlds

chapter 8|3 pages

United Nations

chapter 9|3 pages

Commonwealth

chapter 10|3 pages

Europe: east and west

chapter 11|3 pages

Atlantic alliance

chapter 12|4 pages

West European unities

chapter 13|4 pages

Germany

chapter 14|4 pages

Central and eastern Europe

chapter 15|4 pages

Former Yugoslavia, Albania

chapter 16|3 pages

Former Soviet Union

chapter 17|3 pages

Russia

chapter 18|3 pages

Baltic to Black Sea

chapter 19|3 pages

Caucasus

chapter 20|4 pages

Ex-Soviet central Asia

chapter 21|2 pages

Scandinavia

chapter 22|3 pages

Northern seas

chapter 23|3 pages

Minorities and micro-states

chapter 24|2 pages

Ireland

chapter 25|2 pages

Gibraltar

chapter 26|2 pages

Cyprus, Greece and Turkey

chapter 27|3 pages

Asia and Africa

chapter 28|3 pages

Islam

chapter 29|2 pages

The Arab world

chapter 30|2 pages

Africa

chapter 31|2 pages

Southern Africa

chapter 32|3 pages

Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe

chapter 33|3 pages

Angola and Namibia

chapter 34|4 pages

Republic of South Africa

chapter 35|5 pages

East Africa

chapter 36|3 pages

Nigeria and Guinea coast

chapter 37|3 pages

Ex-French Africa

chapter 38|3 pages

North Africa

chapter 39|2 pages

Morocco and Western Sahara

chapter 40|3 pages

Middle East and North African oil

chapter 41|3 pages

Suez and Indian Ocean

chapter 42|4 pages

Israel and Arabs I

chapter 43|4 pages

Israel and Arabs II

chapter 44|3 pages

Lebanon

chapter 45|3 pages

Arabia

chapter 46|4 pages

Gulf states and Iran

chapter 47|4 pages

Iraq’s wars

chapter 48|3 pages

Kurds

chapter 49|3 pages

Afghanistan

chapter 50|3 pages

India and Pakistan I

chapter 51|3 pages

India and Pakistan II

chapter 52|3 pages

Himalayas, Tibet, Burma

chapter 53|3 pages

China and Russia

chapter 54|2 pages

China and other neighbours

chapter 55|2 pages

Taiwan

chapter 56|2 pages

Hong Kong

chapter 57|3 pages

Japan’s resurgence

chapter 58|3 pages

Korea

chapter 59|3 pages

South-East Asia

chapter 60|3 pages

Indochina

chapter 61|2 pages

Cambodia

chapter 62|2 pages

Malaysia and Singapore

chapter 63|3 pages

Indonesia and New Guinea

chapter 64|3 pages

Australia and New Zealand

chapter 65|3 pages

South Pacific

chapter 66|3 pages

America and the Pacific

chapter 67|3 pages

United States of America

chapter 68|3 pages

Canada

chapter 69|4 pages

Central America, Caribbean

chapter 70|2 pages

Panama and Colombia

chapter 71|2 pages

East Caribbean, Guianas

chapter 72|4 pages

Latin America

chapter 73|4 pages

Argentina and Falklands

chapter 74|2 pages

Antarctic

chapter 75|2 pages

Arctic