In the 30 years since its declassification, "The World Fact Book, " produced annually by the CIA, has become the ultimate, authoritative source of information on all the nations of the world. Topics include the political climate, natural resources, environment, population, ethnic groups, and much more. Maps.
In the 30 years since its declassification, "The World Fact Book, " produced annually by the CIA, has become the ultimate, authoritative source of information on all the nations of the world. Topics include the political climate, natural resources, environment, population, ethnic groups, and much more. Maps.
After Germany 's surrender in World War II, Jim Milano, a young U.S. army intelligence officer, led a small, independent group of soldiers charged with carrying out some of the first intelligence efforts of the postwar era. Inventing the techniques of Cold War espionage for themselves and improvising unorthodox methods, the major and his creative cohorts confounded Soviet forces and created escape routes for defectors. In the pages of Milano '...
The United States and France have shared a long and often tempestuous relationship but have always managed to work through their differences because they have shared Western values and similar interests. However, for much of the 1990s, it was no longer apparent that they supported the same interests or even viewed the fruits of the Enlightenment in quite the same way. The war on terrorism has further polarized French and American perspectives,...