Countries

Countries

CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Country Commercial Guides

http://export.gov/ccg/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=exportgov&utm_campaign=ccg

AFGHANISTAN

• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Steven Coll – New York: Penguin Press, 2004)

• Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror (Barnett R. Rubin – Oxford University Press, 2013)

• World Factbook-https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/afghanistan

ALGERIA

• Savage War of Peace – Algeria 1954-1962 (Alistair Horne)

• Leo Africanus (Amin Maalouf)

• Saharas d’Algerie : les paradis inattendus (2003)

• The Wilaya of Tipasa (Al Bayazin)

• The FLN in Algeria: Party Development in a Revolutionary Society (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) (Jackson and Lynch)

• Algeria : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ag.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/algeria

AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS

• World Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html

ANTARTICA

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ay.html

ARGENTINA

• El Vuelo del Condor Fuerza Aerea Argentina 1912-2012

• Cren Anos Portegiendo Nuestro Cielo

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/argentina

AUSTRALIA

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/australia

BAHRAIN

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ba.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/bahrain

BELGIUM

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/be.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/belgium

BRAZIL

• Brazil : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/brazil

CANADA

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/canada

CHILE

• Chile : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/chile

CHINA

• The China Challenge (Thomas J. Christensen)

• Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-first Century (Schell, Orville, and John Delury – New York: Random House, 2013)

• China Goes Global: The Partial Power (David L. Shambaugh – Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013)

• China : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/china

COLOMBIA

Colombia – A Nation in Spite of Itself (David Bushnell)

Killing Pablo (Mark Bowden)

Between Legitimacy and Violence (Marco Palacios)

Out of Captivity – Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle (M. Gonsalves, K. Stansell, T. Howes)

Colombia : a country study / | Library of Congress

World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html

Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/colombia

EGYPT

• The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (Naguib Mahfouz)

• Egypt : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/egypt

FIJI

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/figi

FINLAND

• Finland : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fi.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/finland

FRANCE

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/france

GERMANY

• Germany : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/germany

GREECE

• The Greek Revolution, Mazower, Mark

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/greece

HUNGARY

• Hungary : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hu.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/hungary

INDIA

• A Fine Balance, Robinton Mistry

• A History of India, Michael H. Fisher, Ph.D. Professor, Oberlin College, The Great Courses

• India : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/india

INDONESIA

World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html

Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/indonesia

IRAQ

• Iraq : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/iraq

ISRAEL

• Like Dreamers – The Untold Story of the Israeli Paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation (Yossi Klein Halevi)

• Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel (Elias Chacour)

• Israel : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/israel

ITALY

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/italy

JAPAN

• Japan : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/japan

JORDAN

Married to a Bedouin (Marguerite van Geldermalsen)

Jordan : a country study / | Library of Congress

World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jo.html

Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/jordan

KAZAKHSTAN

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kg.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/kazakhstan

NORTH KOREA

• The Orphan Master’s Son (Adam Johnson)

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/northkorea

SOUTH KOREA

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/southkorea

KUWAIT

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ku.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/kuwait

LIBYA

• Libya : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/libya

LITHUANIA

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lh.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/lithuania

MALAYSIA

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/malaysia

MEXICO

• Mexico from the Olmec’s to the Aztecs 7th ed. (Michael D. Coe and Rex Koontz)

• Mexico : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/mexico

MOROCCO

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mo.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/morocco

NETHERLANDS

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nl.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/netherlands

NEW ZEALAND

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/

NORWAY

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/norway

OMAN

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/oman

PAKISTAN

• Pakistan : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/pakistan

PERU

• Peru : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/peru

PHILIPPINES

• A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos, Francia

• Philippine Folk Tales, Cole

• Philippine History, Agoncillo & Mangahas

• All About the Philippines: Stories, Songs, Crafts and Games for Kids, Tuttle

• The Story of the Philippines, Malstead

• Philippines : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/phlippines

POLAND

• Poland : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pl.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/poland

PORTUGAL

• Portugal : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/portugal

QATAR

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/qa.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/qatar

ROMANIA

• Romania : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/romania

RUSSIA

• War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)

• Russia since 1960: Wrestling with Westernization (Steven Rosefielde and Stefan Hedlund – Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2009)

• Russia : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/russia

SAUDI ARABIA

• Saudi Government and People – What Others do not Know (Center for Global Thought of Saudi Arabia)

• Laurence of Arabia (movie)

• Mecca the Blessed – Medina the Radiant – The Holiest Cities of Islam (Ali Kazuyoshi Nomachi)

• Inside the Kingdom (Robert Lacey)

• A Hologram for the King (Dave Eggers)

• On Saudi Arabia – Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines – and Future (Karen Elliott House)

• Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Scott Anderson)

• Saudi Arabia: Treasures of the Kingdom (Guaita)

• The Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia (Jones)

• Saudi Arabia : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sa.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/saudiarabia

SINGAPORE

• Singapore : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/singapore

SPAIN

• Spain : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/spain

SWEDEN

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sw.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/sweden

SWITZERLAND

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/switzerland

TAIWAN

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/taiwan

THAILAND

• A History of Thailand 2^nd edition (Baker & Phongpaichit – Cambridge)

• Kingdom of War - Parts 1 & 2 (movie)

• Thailand : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/thailand

TURKEY

• Turkey : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/turkey

UNITED ARAB EMERATES

• UAE Vision 2021 http://www.vision2021.ae/en

• The leader and the March (Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayyan)

• Footsteps of Thesiger (Adrian Hayes)

• Telling Tales: An Oral History of Dubai (Julia Wheeler)

• Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathways to the Modern World (Mark Norell/Denise Leidy/Laura Ross)

• Building a Nation: 40 Years of the UAE in Pictures (Gulf News)

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/unitedarababemerates

UNITED KINGDOM

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/unitedkingdom

VIETNAM

• Vietnam : a country study / | Library of Congress

• World Factbook- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html

• Country Guide - http://export.gov/ccg/vietnam