The first in the new Nations in Transition series, this should be a godsend for students seeking current information on Russia. Kort, author of several other books on Russia and the Soviet Union, does an admirable job of condensing Russian history, from the Kievian city-states to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
This text examines the problems confronting the Central Asian Republics - as they adjust to being independant countries. It is divided into five sections, offering an overview of each country and its geography, population, history, and government, as well as an outlook for its future.
Why fear Middle Age? It is for the majority the time of success, the period of pleasant accomphshment, the age of fruition. At forty a man is in the Prime of Life, and at fifty he is still well within the age of vitality and splendid endeavour. For women Middle Age brings some ill-health certainly, but that should only be in passing, and for them the years past forty need have no terrors. Girlhood and youth lack many sweet gifts brought by the Fairy of Middle Age: experience brings contentment and added powers of enjoyment The Book was published in 1922.
In 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprised of the two republics that had chosen to remain within the Yugoslav Federation, was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.
Providing an in-depth look at Bosnia, this title examines the country's ethnic conflict and history and the difficulties it faces in implementing the terms of the peace agreement. It examines its political structure, religious communities and economics and social and cultural make-up.
