HMLS Geography, History, & Politics

Construction Note: I plan to split this page into multiple pages in the near future to make it easier to use.

Note: The publication dates on the national Web site listings below from the CIA's The World Factbook were last verified on 12 January 2012. The dates for the Africa section were last verified on 22 August 2012. The dates for the Russia and Central Asia and South Asia sections were last verified on 11 March 2015. Please check specific listings to verify their publication dates before using these dates in references.

GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND POLITICS: READINGS AND LINKS

BOBBITT, Philip: 2003. The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History. New York, NY: Anchor Books/Random House, Inc. ISBN-13 9780385721387 (paperback).
FISCHER, David Hackett: 2006. Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought. New York, NY: Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN-13 9780061315459 (paperback).
MANN, Charles C.: 2011. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus. Second Edition. New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, Inc. ISBN-13 9781400032051 (paperback).
SHEPHERD, William R.: 1980. Shepherd's Historical Atlas. Ninth Edition, Revised and Updated. New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, Inc. ISBN-13 9780389201557 (hardcover).

Web Sites

George Mason University's History New Network (HNN). History New Network (HNN). Updated weekly.

Internet History Sourcebooks Project. Internet History Sourcebooks Project (Paul Halsall, Editor). Fordham University. 4 November 2011.

United Nations. United Nations (UN). Updated daily.

United States Institute of Peace (USIP). USIP. No date.

World History Sources. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University (GMU). 2003-2005.

Ancient History (before circa 400 CE) & Mythology

ANONYMOUS: 2004 (1973). Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit. Edited and translated from Sanskrit by Wendy Doniger. Penguin Classics. New York, NY: The Penguin Press/Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ISBN-13 9780140449907 (paperback).
FREEMAN, Charles: 2004. Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean. Second Edition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13 9780199263646 (paperback).
GRANT, Michael: 1994. The Ancient Historians. (Originally published in 1970.) New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, Inc. ISBN-13 9781566195997 (hardcover).
REDFORD, Donald B: 1993. Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN-13 9780691000862 (paperback).

Web Sites

Ancient Mesopotamia/Mesopotamian Chronicles (Jona Lendering). LIVIUS: Articles on Ancient History. 9 August 2006.

International World History Project: World History From The Pre-Sumerian Period To The Present. International World History Project (Dr. Robert A. Guisepi). World History Project, USA. January 2007.

Polybius of Megalopolis (Jona Lendering). LIVIUS: Articles on Ancient History. 21 May 2010.

Africa

BOAHEN, A. Adu: 1989. African Perspectives on Colonialism The Johns Hopkins Symposia in Comparative History. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN-13 9780801839313 (paperback).
DAGNE, Ted: 2011 (29 April). The Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and Current Developments. CRS Report for Congress 7-5700 R40108. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress (LOC). [This document is available online at http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40108_20110429.pdf.]
GILBERT, Erik, and Jonathan T. REYNOLDS: 2011. Africa in World History: From Prehistory to the Present Third Edition. Old Tappan, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN-13 9780205053995 (paperback).
MEREDITH, Martin: 2011. The Fate of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence. Revised Updated Edition. New York, NY: PublicAffairs/Perseus Books Group. ISBN-13 9781610390712 (paperback).; 2016. The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor. New York, NY: PublicAffairs/Perseus Books Group. ISBN-13 9781610396356 (paperback).
VAN REYBROUCK, David: 2014. Congo: The Epic History of a People. Translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett. (Originally published in 2010 as Congo Een Geschiedenis by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, NL.) New York, NY: ECCO/HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN-13 9780062200112 (hardcover).

Web Sites

The following African countries in the CIA's World Factbook have been listed in the section about the Middle East & North Africa: Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Tunisia.

Africa: Angola. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 17 July 2012.

Africa: Benin. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 12 July 2012.

Africa: Botswana. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 18 July 2012.

Africa: Burkina Faso. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 July 2012.

Africa: Burundi. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 July 2012.

Africa: Cameroon. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Cape Verde. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 July 2012.

Africa: Central African Republic. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Chad. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 1 August 2012.

Africa: Comoros. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 1 August 2012.

Africa: Cote d'Ivorie. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 1 August 2012.

Africa: Equatorial Guinea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 July 2012.

Africa: Gabon. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: The Gambia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Ghana. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Guinea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Guinea-Bissau. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Kenya. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Lesotho. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 July 2012.

Africa: Liberia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Madagascar. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Malawi. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Mali. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Mauritania. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Mauritius. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Mayotte. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 8 March 2011.

Africa: Mozambique. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 19 July 2012.

Africa: Namibia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Niger. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Nigeria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Rwanda. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Republic of the Congo. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Saint Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2012.

Africa: Sao Tome & Principe. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Senegal. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 1 August 2012.

Africa: Seychelles. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 5 July 2012.

Africa: Sierra Leone. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: South Africa. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Swaziland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 June 2012.

Africa: Tanzania. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Togo. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Uganda. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Western Sahara. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2012.

Africa: Zambia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Africa: Zimbabwe. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 31 July 2012.

Antarctica

MCGONIGAL, David, Editor: 2008. Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent. Ontario, CA: Firefly Books. ISBN-13 9781554073986 (hardcover).

Web Sites

Antarctica: Antarctica. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 22 March 2011.

Antarctica: Bouvet Island (Territory of Norway). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Overseas territory of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 18 October 2011.

Antarctica: Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Territory of Australia). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Crozet [Archipelago]. Discover France! No date.

Îles Crozet. See Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Europa Island. See Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Glorioso Island. See Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Îles Amsterdam and Saint-Paul. See Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Juan de Nova Island. See Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Kerguelen. Discover France! No date.

Îles Kerguelen. See Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Tromelin Island. See Antarctica: French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Asia (China, Japan & Korea)

BROOK, Timothy: 2013. The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. History of Imperial China. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674072534 (paperback).
GORDON, Stewart: 2009. When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches of the East." Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press/Perseus Books Group. ISBN-13 9780306817397 (paperback).
KAPLAN, Robert D.: 2014. Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific . New York, NY: Random House / Random House, LLC/Penguin Random House. ISBN-13 9780812994322 (hardcover).
KUHN, Dieter: 2011. The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China. History of Imperial China. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674062023 (paperback).
LEWIS, Mark Edward: 2011. China Between Empires: THe Northern and Southern Dynasties. History of Imperial China. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674060357 (paperback).; 2012. China's Cosmopolitan Empire: The Tang Dynasty. History of Imperial China. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674064010 (paperback).; 2010. The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han. History of Imperial China. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674057340 (paperback).
ROWE, William T.: 2009. China's Last Empire: The Great Qing. History of Imperial China. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674036123 (hardcover).

Web Sites

The following East & Southeast Asia countries in the CIA's World Factbook have been listed in the section about the Southeast Asia: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Paracel Islands, Philippines, Singapore, Spratley Islands, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

East & Southeast Asia: China. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Hong Kong. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Japan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Macau. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Mongolia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: North Korea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: South Korea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Taiwan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Australia & the Pacific

KENEALLY, Thomas: 2007. A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia. New York, NY: Anchor Books/Random House, Inc. ISBN-13 9781400079568 (paperback).

Web Sites

Australia-Oceania: American Samoa (Territory of the US). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Territory of Australia). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Australia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Christmas Island (Territory of Australia). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 18 October 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Territory of Australia). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Cook Islands (Self-governing in free association with New Zealand). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Coral Sea Islands (Territory of Australia). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Federated States of Micronesia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Fiji. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: French Polynesia (Overseas lands of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 22 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Guam (Territory of the US). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Kiribati. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Marshall Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Nauru. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: New Caledonia (Self-governing territory of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: New Zealand. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 28 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Niue (Self-governing in free association with New Zealand). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Norfolk Island (Territory of Australia). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Northern Marianas Islands (Commonwealth in Political Union with the US). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Palau. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Pitcairn Islands (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 April 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Samoa. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Solomon Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Tokelau (Territory of New Zealand). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Tonga. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Tuvalu. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges (Territories of the US). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 3 May 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Vanuatu. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Wake Island (Territory of the US). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Australia-Oceania: Wallis and Futuna (Overseas collectivity of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Baker Island [and Howland Island]. Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), Policy, Management and Budget (PMB) Offices, US Department of the Interior (DOI). 15 November 2011.

Baker Island. See Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.

[Baker Island and] Howland Island. Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), Policy, Management and Budget (PMB) Offices, US Department of the Interior (DOI). 15 November 2011.

Howland Island. See Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.

Jarvis Island. See Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.

Johnston Atoll. See Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.

Kingman Reef. See Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.

Midway Islands. See Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.

Palmyra Atoll. See Australia-Oceania: US Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges.

Caribbean, Central America & Mexico

COE, Michael D.: 2012. Breaking the Maya Code. Third Edition. Ancient Peoples and Places. New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, Inc. ISBN-13 9780500289556 (paperback).
COE, Michael D. and Stephen D. HOUSTON: 2015. The Maya. Ninth Edition. Ancient Peoples and Places. New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, Inc. ISBN-13 9780500291887 (paperback).
DE LAS CASAS, Bartolomé: 1991. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies. Translated and edited by Nigel Griffin. Penguin Classics. New York, NY: Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780140445626 (paperback).

Web Sites

Central America & Caribbean: Anguilla (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Aruba. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: The Bahamas. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Barbados. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Belize. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: British Virgin Islands (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Cayman Islands (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Costa Rica. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Cuba. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Curacao (Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 8 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Dominica. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Dominican Republic. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: El Salvador. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 December 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Grenada. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Guatemala. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 December 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Haiti. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Honduras. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Jamaica. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Montserrat (Territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Navassa Island (Overseas territory of the US). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Nicaragua. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 December 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Panama. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Puerto Rico (Overseas territory of the US with commonwealth status). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Saint Barthelemy (Overseas collectivity of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 5 December 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Saint Kitts and Nevis. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Saint Lucia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 6 December 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Saint Martin (Overseas collectivity of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 5 December 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Sint Maarten (Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 7 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Turks and Caicos Islands (Territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Central America & Caribbean: Virgin Islands (Overseas territory of the US). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

North America: Mexico. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe

DAVIES, John: 2007. A History of Wales. Revised Edition. (Originally published in Welsh in 1990 as Hanes Cymru, Allen Lane, London, UK; first English edition published in 1993.) New York, NY: Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780140284751 (paperback).
HINDLEY, Geoffrey: 2006. A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons. New York, NY: Carroll& Graf Publishers/Avalon Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN-13 9780786717385 (paperback).
HORSPOOL, David: 2006. King Alfred: Burnt Cakes and Other Legends. (Originally published as Why Alfred Burned the Cakes, Profile Books, London, UK.) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674023208 (hardcover).
MacLEOD, John: 1997. Highlanders: A History of the Gaels. London, UK: Sceptre / Hodder and Stoughton/Hodder Headline PLC. ISBN-13 9780340639917 (paperback).
MATRIS, Yaron: 2015. The Romani Gypsies. (Originally published in 2014 as I Met Lucky People by Penguin UK.) Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674368385 (hardcover).
WOLF, Eric R.: 2010. Europe and the People Without History. Second Edition. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN-13 9780520268180 (paperback).

Web Sites

Europe: Akrotiri (UK sovereign base area). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 April 2011.

Europe: Albania. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Europe: Andorra. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

Europe: Austria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

Europe: Belarus. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Belgium. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Europe: Bosnia & Herzegovina. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

Europe: Bulgaria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Government of the Republic of Croatia. Government of the Republic of Croatia. No date.

Croatia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Europe: Cyprus. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

Europe: Czech Republic. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Denmark. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Dhekelia (UK sovereign base area). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 April 2011.

Europe: Estonia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europa: Gateway to the European Union. European Union (EU). Updated daily.

Europe: European Union. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Faroe Islands (Part of the Kingdom of Denmark). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Europe: Finland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

France Diplomatie. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France. No date.

Europe: France. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

France in the United States: Embassy of France in Washington. Embassy of France in Washington, France. Updated daily.

France. US Department of State: Diplomacy in Action. Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, US Department of State. No date.

Europe: Germany. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Gibraltar (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Europe: Greece. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 28 November 2011.

Greece. US Department of State: Diplomacy in Action. Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, US Department of State. No date.

States of Guernsey: The Official Guernsey Government Website. Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK. No date.

The Channel Island of Alderney (Guernsey). Alderney, Channel Islands, UK. No date.

Europe: Guernsey (British crown dependency). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Herm Island, Channel Islands (Guernsey). Herm Island, Channel Islands, UK. No date.

The Isle of Sark, Channel Islands (Guernsey). Isle of Sark, Channel Islands, UK. No date.

Europe: Holy See (Vatican City). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 7 November 2011.

Europe: Hungary. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 December 2011.

Europe: Iceland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

Europe: Ireland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Isle of Man (British crown dependency). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Italy. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 5 December 2011.

Europe: Jan Mayen (Territory of Norway). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

Europe: Jersey (British crown dependency). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 5 December 2011.

Europe: Kosovo. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Europe: Latvia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Liechtenstein. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Europe: Lithuania. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Luxembourg. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Macedonia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Europe: Malta. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Moldova. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 6 December 2011.

Europe: Monaco. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Europe: Montenegro. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Europe: Netherlands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 1 December 2011.

Europe: Norway. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Poland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Portugal. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Romania. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Europe: San Marino. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Europe: Serbia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 December 2011.

Europe: Slovakia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Slovenia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 12 December 2011.

Europe: Spain. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 6 December 2011.

Europe: Svalbard (Territory of Norway). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 4 November 2011.

Europe: Sweden. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Europe: Switzerland. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Europe: Ukraine. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Europe: United Kingdom. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

Middle East & North Africa

BAKER, James A., III, Lee H. HAMILTON, et.al.: 2006. The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward – A New Approach. Authorized Edition. New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, Inc. ISBN-13 9780307386564 (paperback). [More information about the Study Group and this document are available online at http://www.usip.org/isg/iraq_study_group_report/report/1206/index.html.]
BALL, Warwick: 2010. Out of Arabia: Phoenicians, Arabs, and the Discovery of Europe. Asia in Europe and the Making of the West, Volume 1. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press/Interlink Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN-13 9781566568012 (paperback).
CLARK, Victoria: 2010. Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN-13 9780300117011 (paperback).
LAQUEUR, Walter, and Barry RUBIN, Editors: 2008. The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict. Seventh Revised and Updated Edition. New York, NY: Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780143113799 (paperback).
LAWRENCE, T.E. [Thomas Edward]: 1991 [1926]. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. New York, NY: Anchor Books.Random House, Inc. ISBN-13 9780385418959 (paperback).
ROGAN, Eugene: 2009. The Arabs: A History. New York, NY: Basic Books/Perseus Books Group. ISBN-13 97804650710005 (hardcover).

Web Sites

The following Middle East countries in the CIA's World Factbook have been listed in the section about Russia & Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Africa: Algeria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Africa: Djibouti. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Africa: Egypt. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 5 December 2011.

Africa: Eritrea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 December 2011.

Africa: Ethiopia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Africa: Libya. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 16 December 2011.

Africa: Morocco. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Africa: Somalia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Africa: South Sudan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Africa: Sudan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Africa: Tunisia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Bahrain. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

Middle East: Gaza Strip [Palestinians]. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Iran. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

Middle East: Iraq. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Israel. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 7 December 2011.

Middle East: Jordan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Kuwait. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Lebanon. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Oman. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Middle East: Qatar. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 17 November 2011.

Middle East: Saudi Arabia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 December 2011.

Middle East: Syria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Turkey. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 December 2011.

Middle East: United Arab Emirates [UAE]. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

Middle East: West Bank [Palestinians]. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

Middle East: Yemen. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

North America (US & Canada)

AMBROSE, Stephen E., and Douglas G. BRINKLEY: 2011. Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938. Ninth Revised Edition. New York, NY: Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780142004944 (paperback).
CHURCHILL, Ward: 2001. A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas 1492 to the Present. San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books. ISBN-13 9780872863231 (paperback).
FISHER, Louis: 2013. Presidential War Power. Third Edition, Revised. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press. ISBN-13 9780700619313 (paperback).
LEPORE, Jill: 1999. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity. New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, Inc. ISBN-13 9780375702624 (paperback).
HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON, and John JAY: 2003. The Federalist Papers. Edited by Clinton Rossiter. A Signet Classic. New York, NY: New American Library/Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ISBN-13 9780451528810 (paperback).
HENRIKSEN, Thomas H.: 2012. America and the Rogue States. Amrtican Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan/St. Martin's Press, LLC. ISBN-13 9781137019998 (paperback).
KETCHAM, Ralph [Louis], Editor: 2003. The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates. A Signet Classic. New York, NY: New American Library/Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ISBN-13 9780451528841 (paperback).
SMITH, John David, Editor: 2013. A Just and Lasting Peace: A Documentary History of Reconstruction. Signet Classics. New York, NY: New American Library/Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ISBN-13 9780451532268 (paperback).
SURI, Jeremi: 2010. American Foreign Relations Since 1898: A Documentary Reader. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN-13 9781405184472 (paperback).

Web Sites

The following North American country in the CIA's World Factbook has been listed in the section about the Caribbean, Central America & Mexico: Mexico.

North America: Bermuda (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

North America: Canada. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 13 December 2011.

North America: Clipperton Island (Possession of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 25 May 2011.

North America: Greenland (Part of the Kingdom of Denmark). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

North America: Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Territorial overseas collectivity of France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 5 December 2011.

US Department of State. US Department of State. Updated daily.

North America: United States. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 17 November 2011.

The White House, Washington [US President]. The White House, US. Updated daily.

Russia & Central Asia

FIGES, Orlando: 2012. The Crimean War: A History. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, LLC. ISBN-13 9781250002525 (paperback).; 2014. Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A History. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, LLC. ISBN-13 9780805091311 (hardcover).
HIRO, Dilip: 2011. Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran. New York, NY: The Overlook Press/Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc. ISBN-13 9781590203330 (paperback).
RUSSIAN GENERAL STAFF: 2002. The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost. Translated and edited by Lester W. Grau and Michael A. Gress. Modern War Studies. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. ISBN-13 9780700611867 (paperback).

Web Sites

Central Asia: Kazakhstan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

Central Asia: Russia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

Central Asia: Tajikistan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

Central Asia: Turkmenistan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

Central Asia: Uzbekistan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

Middle East: Armenia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 23 June 2014.

Middle East: Azerbaijan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 23 June 2014.

Middle East: Georgia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 22 June 2014.

South America

BINGHAM, Hiram: 2003 [1952]. Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and its Builders. London, UK: Phoenix/Orion Books, Ltd. ISBN-13 9781842125854 (paperback).

Web Sites

South America: Argentina. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

South America: Bolivia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 14 November 2011.

South America: Brazil. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

South America: Chile. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

South America: Columbia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

South America: Ecuador. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

South America: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) (Overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

South America: French Guiana (France). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011. [This country is listed as part of the entry for France.]

South America: Guyana. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 6 December 2011.

South America: Paraguay. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

South America: Peru. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 19 December 2011.

South America: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (Overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 17 November 2011.

South America: Suriname. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

South America: Uruguay. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

South America: Venezuela. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

South Asia

ALI, Tariq, Hilal BHATT, Angana P. CHATTERJI, Habbah KHATUN, Pankaj MISHRA, and Arundhati ROY: 2011. Kashmir: The Case for Freedom. Translated by Khalid Hasan. New York, NY: Verso/New Left Books. ISBN-13 9781844677251 (paperback).
ANWAR, Raja: 1997. The Terrorist Prince: The Life and Death of Murtaza Bhutto. Translated by Khalid Hasan. New York, NY: Verso/New Left Books. ISBN-13 9781859848869 (hardcover).
BEHERA, Navnita Chadha: 2007. Demystifying Kashmir. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN-13 9780815708605 (hardcover).
BLAIR, Charles P.: 2011 (June). Anatomizing Non-State Threats to Pakistan's Nuclear Infrastructure: The Pakistani Neo-Taliban. Terrorism Analysis Report 1. Washington, DC: Terrorism Analysis Project (TAP)/Federation of American Scientists (FAS). [This document is available online at http://www.fas.org/pubs/_docs/Terrorism_Analysis_Report_1-lowres.pdf.]
BOSE, Sumantra: 2005. Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674018174 (paperback).
CLOUGHLEY, Brian: 2014. Wars, Coups & Terror: Pakistan's Army in Years of Turmoil. New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN-13 9781629144504 (paperback).
COLL, Steve: 2004. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. New York, NY: The Penguin Press/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780143034667 (paperback).
CRILE, George: 2003. Charlie Wilson's War. New York, NY: Grove Press / Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN-13 9780802143419 (paperback).
DIXIT, Nikhil S.: 2009. Mumbai Under Seige: 26/11 - What Happened and What Went Wrong. Mumbai, IN: Jaico Publishing House. ISBN-13 9788179929957 (paperback; out of print).
DONIGER, Wendy: 2010. The Hindus: An Alternative History. New York, NY: The Penguin Press/Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ISBN-13 9780143116691 (paperback).
GUHA, Ramachandra: 2008. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. New York, NY: Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN-13 978060958589 (paperback).
GUL, Imtiaz: 2010. The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan's Lawless Frontier. New York, NY: Viking/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780670022250 (hardcover).
GUNARATNA, Rohan, and Khuram IQBAL: 2011. Pakistan: Terrorism Ground Zero. London, UK: Reaktion Books, Ltd. ISBN-13 9781861897688 (hardcover).
HAJARI, Nisid: 2015. Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. ISBN-13 9780547669212 (hardcover).
HARRISON, Selig S., Paul H. KREISBERG, and Dennis KUX, Editors: 1999. India and Pakistan: The First Fifty Years. Woodrow Wilso Center Series. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-13 9780521645850 (paperback).
HUSSAIN, Zahid: 2010. The Scorpion's Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan—And How It Threatens America. New York, NY: Free Press/Simon & Schuster, Inc. ISBN-13 9781439120255 (hardcover).
JALAL, Ayesha: 2008. The Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN-13 9780674047365 (paperback).
JAMAL, Arif: 2009. Shadow War: The Untold Story of Jihad in Kashmir. Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Publishing. ISBN-13 9781933633596 (hardcover).
KEAY, John: 2014. Midnight's Descendants: A History of South Asia since Partition . New York, NY: Basic Books/Perseus Books Group. ISBN-13 9780465021802 (hardcover).
KHAN, Yasmin: 2008. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN-13 9780300143331 (paperback).; 2015. India At War: The Subcontinent and the Second World War. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0199753499 (hardcover).
MAZZETI, Mark: 2014. The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth. Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA) LLC. ISBN-13 9780143125013 (paperback).
MOHAN, C. Raja: 2006. Impossible Allies: Nuclear India, United States, and the Global Order. New Delhi, IN: India Research Press. ISBN-13 9788183860277 (paperback).
NILEKANI, Nandan: 2009. Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation. New York, NY: The Penguin Press/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9781594202049 (hardcover).
PEER, Basharat: 2010. Curfewed Night: One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account of Life, Love, and War in His Homeland. New York, NY: Scribner/Simon & Schuster, Inc. ISBN-13 9781439109106 (hardcover).
RASHID, Ahmed: 2009. Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. New York, NY: Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780143115571 (paperback).; 2003. Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia. New York, NY: Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780142002605 (paperback).; 2013. Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. New York, NY: Penguin Books/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780143122838 (paperback).; 2010. Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Second Edition. Yale Nota Bene Books. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN-13 9780300163681 (paperback).
RIEDEL, Bruce: 2011. Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN-13 9780815705574 (hardcover).
SCHMIDT, John R.: 2011. The Unraveling: Pakistan in the Age of Jihad. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN-13 9780374280437 (hardcover).
SCOTT-CLARK, Cathy and Adrian LEVY: 2014. The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel. New York, NY: Penguin Books / The Penguin Group (USA) LLC/A Peguin Random House Company. ISBN-13 9780143126089 (paperback).
SWAMI, Praveen: 2006. Indian Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The Covert War in Kashmir, 1947-2004. Asian Security Studies. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN-13 9780415404594 (paperback).
VERGHESE, B.G.: 2007. A J & K Primer: From Myth to Reality. Centre for Policy Research. New Delhi, IN: India Research Press. ISBN-13 9788183860390 (paperback).; 2007. Rage Reconciliation and Security: Managing India's Diversities. Dehli Policy Group (DPG). New York, NY: Viking/Penguin Group (USA), Inc. ISBN-13 9780670081721 (hardcover).
ZAHAB, Mariam Abou, and Roy OLIVIER: 2007. Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection. The CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN-13 9780231133654 (paperback).

Web Sites

Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K). Web Portal Management Team, Information Technology, Government of AJ&K. No date.

India. National Informatics Centre (NIC). Government of India. No date.

hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times, HT media, Ltd. Updated daily.

Indian Ministry of Defence. Ministry of Defense. Government of India. No date.

South Asia: India. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 22 June 2014.

rediff News/rediff.com. rediff.com. Updated daily.

Jammu & Kashmir. Department of Tourism. Government of Jammu & Kashmir. [This site was down on 11 March 2015 with no actual indication of when it will resume functioning.]

Kashmir Times. Kashmir Times. Updated daily.

Pakistan. Electronic Government Directorate, Ministry of Information Technology (IT) & Telecom, Government of Pakistan.

South Asia: Pakistan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

South Asia: Afghanistan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 24 June 2014.

South Asia: Bangladesh. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 23 June 2014.

South Asia: Bhutan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 23 June 2014.

South Asia: British Indian Ocean Territory (Overseas territory of the UK). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 22 June 2014.

South Asia: Maldives. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

South Asia: Nepal. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 June 2014.

South Asia: Sri Lanka. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 23 June 2014.

United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). United Nations (UN). No date.

Southeast Asia

DAHLBY, Tracy: 2005. Allah's Torch: A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia's War on Terror. New York, NY: William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN-13 9780060560904 (hardcover).
FITZGERALD, Frances: 2002 [1972]. Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam. Boston, MA: Back Bay Books/Hachette Book Group (HBG). ISBN-13 9780316159197 (paperback).
TRAM, Dang Thuy: 2007. Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram. Translated by Andrew X. Pham. New York, NY: Harmony Books/Crown Publishing Group/Random House, Inc.. ISBN-13 9780307347374 (hardcover).

Web Sites

The following East & Southeast Asia countries in the CIA's World Factbook have been listed in the section about the Asia (China, Japan & Korea): China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.

East & Southeast Asia: Brunei. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 29 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Burma (Myanmar). The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Cambodia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 9 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Indonesia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Laos. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Malaysia. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Papua New Guinea. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 6 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Paracel Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Philippines. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Singapore. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Spratly Islands. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 20 December 2010.

East & Southeast Asia: Thailand. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 15 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Timor-Leste. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

East & Southeast Asia: Vietnam. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). 10 November 2011.

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