Why are some countries that no longer exist included in the online Country Studies?
The online Country Studies are electronic versions of hardcover books published between 1988 and 1998 as part of the U.S. Department of the Army’s Country Studies/Area Handbook Series. The published books include studies on countries such as Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia that no longer exist in their original configuration. These studies are included because they are part of the series and because we believe that they continue to offer valuable historical information and perspective. Moreover, in some cases, program funding was not available to complete new studies on successor states. Deleting the older books would therefore remove any coverage of the countries in question.
