A Political Chronology of the World

A Political Chronology of the World might more accurately have been entitled “A political chronology of the countries of the world”, since it treats them not as a whole, but individually. The 196 sections cover each of the members of the United Nations: Taiwan and Palestine are also included as separate countries, whereas the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (note the inverted commas) has a subsection under Cyprus. The contents of the book are derived from the Europa World Yearbook and its more detailed half‐sisters. The editors aim to cover “all significant changes and developments of constitution, law, political system...