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The books represent the analysis of the authors and should not be construed as an expression of an official United States Government position, policy, or decision. The authors have sought to adhere to accepted standards of scholarly objectivity.
Online information contained in the online Country Studies is not copyrighted and thus is available for free and unrestricted use by researchers. As a courtesy, however, appropriate credit should be given to the series. The material may be copied into Wikipedia, but its plagiarism rule requires explicit credit be given.
Hard-copy editions of all books in the series (except the regional studies on Macau and Afghanistan) can be ordered from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office at the U.S. Government Bookstore.
The last appropriation for the program was in fiscal year 2004. In response to this one-time infusion "...the Federal Research Division initiated action to produce five new Country Studies, as well as a number of shorter, updated Country Profiles. All of that work continues, but in the absence of renewed funding ... no additional work can be initiated."
Countries with published studies
This is a list of countries for which studies are available at LOCCS, not links to such studies.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria 1974 Area Handbook; 1992 Country Study; Cambodia Caribbean Islands Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Ivory Coast Cyprus Czechoslovakia (former) Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Finland Georgia Germany Germany, East (former) Ghana Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran (also Army Area Handbooks 1964, 1971) Iraq Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Laos Lebanon Liberia—country study 1985, earlier editions 1960s, 1970s Libya Lithuania Macau Madagascar Maldives Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria North Korea Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania 1972 Area Handbook Russia Rwanda (Army Area Handbook 1968) Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore Somalia South Africa South Korea South Vietnam (former) Soviet Union (former) Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yugoslavia (former) Zaire (former)