This reference book documents the careers and achievements of the world's leading political figures. It provides a biography of the political chiefs of the world, including prime ministers, military commanders, presidents, religious primates, and revolutionaries.
This handbook presents profiles of the leading citizens of worldwide independent nation-states. It documents the careers and achievements of the world's top political figures, including elected presidents, hereditary royals, civilian politicians, and military commanders.
Political Handbook of the World annually provides up-to-date political information on all the world's countries in a balanced, accurate and comprehensive manner. A singular and authoritative reference work for nearly 70 years, each new volume builds on the research and scholarship of previous editions, offering rare insight into stories making headlines, judiciously outlining contemporary conflicts and analysing current foreign policy within the informed context of past events and decisions. It is considered to be the single-volume reference work of choice for libraries, diplomats, academic faculties, international corporations, and others needing accurate, timely information.
This almanack provides information on the people in power in all walks of life, a comprehensive directory of 1998's special events, holidays, national and religious festivals, and a chronology of last years' world events as they occurred