Plus:
it lists international conflicts that exist only in the fantasy of some and are
of historical interest: Olivenza - between Portugal and
Spain.
Wolfgang
(knowing from a U.S. friend how the CIA works internally, one may be
seduced to assume any CIA matter is useless. I do, however, not subscribe to
that opinion. Anything American must by definition be superior - the Presidents
of the U.S. do say so.)
>the cia world factbook is good for
starters
The CIA Factbook is a fairly decent reference, but it does
contain
inaccuracies and omissions. For example, it makes no mention of
any of the
national Antarctic territories, despite the fact that these
palpably do
exist in an administrative sense, even if they're not
internationally
recognised. It is also sometimes ambiguous about which
territorial
divisions certain referenced islands fall under (e.g. the Îles
Éparses),
nor does it describe the relationship between certain
territories and their
parent countries (and by extension the EU)
particularly well.
Regards,
Kevin Meynell