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AAF in Northwest Africa: An Account of the Twelfth Air Force in the Northwest African Landings and the Battle for Tunisia, An Interim Report

Publisher: Defense Dept., Air Force, Center for Air Force History

Description: Wings at War Series, No. 6 Commemorative Edition. Originally written and published by Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, in the 1940s. Focuses on the critical second front that secured the Mediterranean and increased the enemy's vulnerability to a massive invasion from Britain. From this experience of the Twelfth Air Force and its British counterparts in 1942-43 evolved a spirit of Anglo-American cooperation and important aspects of air doctrine.

Year/Pages: 1992: 72 p.; ill. repr.

Price: $4.25

Background Notes, Rwanda 2001, November

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Rwanda.

Year/Pages: 2001: 10 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes: Sao Tome and Principe, 2003, July

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.

Year/Pages: 2003: 9 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes: Senegal, 2003, June

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Senegal.

Year/Pages: 2003: 9 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes: Seychelles, 2003, April

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

Year/Pages: 2003: 10 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Sierra Leone 2002, January

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Sierra Leone.

Year/Pages: 2002: 10 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Somalia 2002, April

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Somali Democratic Republic.

Year/Pages: 2002: 12 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes: South Africa, 2003, June

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of South Africa.

Year/Pages: 2003: 15 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Sudan: 2003, March

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of the Sudan. Item 862-B.

Year/Pages: 2003: 15 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Swaziland 2002, May

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Kingdom of Swaziland.

Year/Pages: 2002: 8 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Tanzania, 2002, June

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.

Year/Pages: 2002: 11 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Togo 2002, January

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Togo.

Year/Pages: 2002: 11 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Tunisia 2002, April

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Tunisia.

Year/Pages: 2002: 10 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes: Uganda, 2003, June

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

Year/Pages: 2003: 9 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes: Zambia, 2003, May

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Zambia.

Year/Pages: 2003: 12 p.

Price: $2.25

Background Notes, Zimbabwe 2001, November

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of African Affairs

Description: Issued with perforations. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe.

Year/Pages: 2001: 14 p.

Price: $2.25

Ghana: A Country Study

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army

Description: DA Pam 550-153. 3d edition. Edited by LaVerle Berry. Replaces Ghana: A Country Study, which was completed in 1971 during the second effort to establish republican government in Ghana under Kofi Abrefa Busia. Examines the record of the military government after 1981. Attempts to treat in a concise and objective manner the dominant historical, social, economic, political, and national security aspects of contemporary Ghana. Includes a glossary and bibliographies. The body of the text reflects information available as of November 1994. Other portions of the text have been updated. L.C. card 95-18891.

Year/Pages: 1995: 420 p.; ill.

Price: $29.00

Destination: Cameroon (Video Tape)

Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools

Description: WWS 15V-92. Focuses on daily life in Cameroon as experienced by Peace Corps Volunteers who live and work in the communities of Andek, Ambam, and Bogo.

Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (20 min.).

Price: $5.50

Destination: Lesotho, Study Guide

Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools

Description: WWS 20T-93. Helps students gain a greater understanding of Lesotho. Topic units are grouped by three academic grade levels: 3-5; 6-9; and 10-12. Each unit level develops along five fundamental themes of geography: location; place; relationships within places; movement; and regions.

Year/Pages: 1995: 76 p.; ill.

Price: $2.75

Destination: Lesotho (Video Tape)

Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools

Description: WWS 19V-93. Introduces viewers to the culture and geography of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho in the southern cone of Africa.

Year/Pages: 1996: Video tape (22 min.).

Price: $5.50

Destination: Senegal, Video Guide

Publisher: Peace Corps, Office of World Wise Schools

Description: WWS 05T-90. Designed for a 3-5 day mini-unit on Senegal. Used in conjunction with the videotape of the same name. Presents basic information on the geography of Senegal. Explores aspects of Senegalese culture. Written for three grade levels: 3-5; 6-9; 10-12.

Year/Pages: 1995: 85 p.; ill.

Price: $3.00

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958-1960, V. 13, Arab-Israeli Dispute; United Arab Republic; North Africa

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian

Description: State Department Publication 9929. Editor in chief, John P. Glennon. Editors, Suzanne E. Coffman, Charles S. Sampson. Includes sections on: the Arab-Israeli dispute; United States recognition of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria); and United States policies regarding: North Africa; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; and Tunisia. Also contains footnotes, an index, and lists of sources, abbreviations, and persons. Item 872-B.

Year/Pages: 1992: 958 p.

Price: $14.00

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, V. 17, 18, 20, and 21, Near East, Africa, Microfiche Supplement

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian

Description: State Department Publication 10361. Edited by Nina Davis Howland, et al. Two pockets which contain a book which measures 8 x 5 inches and 29 microfiche, 24X. Supplements volumes 17 and 18, which present the documentary record of the John F. Kennedy administration with respect to the nations of the Near East, including the Arab-Israeli dispute, for the 1961-1963 period; and volume 20, which documents the Congo crisis; and volume 21, which covers the rest of Africa, including North Africa.

Year/Pages: 1996: 215 p.; 29 microfiche, 24X, in pocket.

Price: $17.00 Add To Cart

Minerals Yearbook, V. 3, Area Reports: International, 1999, Africa and the Middle East

Publisher: Interior Dept., Geological Survey

Description: Contains the latest available mineral data on the countries in Africa and the Middle East. Discusses the importance of minerals to the economies of these nations. Includes production and industry structure tables, information about government policies and programs, and an outlook section. Item 639.

Year/Pages: 2001: 196 p.

Price: $10.60 Add To Cart

Minerals Yearbook, V. 3, Area Reports: International, 2000, Africa and the Middle East

Publisher: Interior Dept., Geological Survey

Description: Contains the latest available mineral data on the countries in Africa and the Middle East. Discusses the importance of minerals to the economies of these nations. Includes production and industry structure tables, information about government policies and programs, and an outlook section. Item 639.

Year/Pages: 2002: 248 p.

Price: $34.50

Pattern for Joint Operations: World War 2 Close Air Support, North Africa

Publisher: Defense Dept., Office of the Air Force History and Army Center of Military History

Description: CMH Pub. 93-7. Historical Analysis Series. Discusses the organization, doctrine, and equipment for close air support of ground forces in the United States military organization prior to World War 2. Explains how the Tunisian campaign demonstrated the need for tactical changes and describes the struggle by Allied air and ground leaders in North Africa to form a cooperative combat team. L.C. card 87-19335.

Year/Pages: 1987: 104 p., 1 folded leaf; ill.

Price: $9.00 Add To Cart

Sailing Directions (Enroute): Southwest Coast of Africa, 2001 (Paper with CD-ROM)

Publisher: Defense Dept., National Imagery and Mapping Agency

Description: NIMA Pub 123. 8th edition. Corrected to 1 September 2001, including Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 2001. Covers the harbors, coasts, and waters of the Southwest Coast of Africa. Provides information that cannot be shown graphically on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. Includes detailed coastal and port approach information which supplements the latest revised print of the largest scale chart for sale by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Divided into geographic areas. Contains copyright material.

Year/Pages: 2001: 150 p.; ill. and CD-ROM in pocket.

Price: $8.40

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2003

Publisher: Social Security Administration, Office of Policy, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics

Description: SSA Publication 13-11803. Biennial publication. Highlights the principal features of social security systems in Africa.

Year/Pages: 2003: 145 p.; ill.

Price: $2.25

Tips for Travelers to Sub-Saharan Africa, 1994

Publisher: State Dept., Bureau of Consular Affairs

Description: State Department Publication 10205. Publication measures 9 x 4 in. Provides information useful to Americans who are planning trips to African countries which are south of the Sahara Desert. Includes general information about: consular information program; health; crime; weather; visa and other entry requirements; restricted areas; United States citizens married to foreign nationals; United States wildlife regulations; air travel; photography; shortages, high prices, other problems; local transportation; and country information on over 40 countries. Also includes addresses and telephone numbers of United States embassies and consulates abroad.

Year/Pages: 1994: 44 p.; ill.

Price: $1.75

Algeria-French Morocco: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (Pamphlet)

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: CMH 72-11. Discusses the battle in North Africa, which took place from November 8, 1942 to November 11, 1942. Illustrated with color maps and black and white photographs. Includes suggestions for further reading. Item 344-G.

Year/Pages: 1993: 32 p.; ill.

Price: $1.50 Add To Cart

Tunisia: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (Pamphlet)

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: CMH 72-12. Discusses the Tunisia campaign which took place from November 17, 1942 to May 13, 1943. Illustrated with color maps, the reproduction of a painting, and black and white photographs. Includes suggestions for further reading. Item 344-G.

Year/Pages: 1993: 30 p.; ill.

Price: $1.50 Add To Cart

United States Army in Somalia, 1992-1994

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: CMH Pub 70-81-1. Prepared to honor the 10th anniversary of Operation Restore Hope. Places the events of the firefight of 3-4 October 1993 into the wider context of the United States humanitarian, political, and military operation to rescue a people and a state from anarchy and chaos.

Year/Pages: 2003: 27 p.; ill.

Price: $1.00 Add To Cart

United States Army in World War 2, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Northwest Africa, Seizing the Initiative in the West (Clothbound)

Publisher: Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

Description: CMH Pub 6-1. United States Army in World War 2. Reprint of the 1957 edition. 12 maps are attached to the inside of the back cover. Describes the assault on North Africa in 1942. The assault led to a bitter conflict that finally culminated in the defeat of the Axis powers in Tunisia seven months later. Item 345.

Year/Pages: 1957: 772 p.; il., maps. 2002-repr.

Price: $24.40 Add To Cart

United States Global Trade Outlook, 1995-2000: Toward the 21st Century

Publisher: Commerce Dept., International Trade Administration

Description: Highlights growth and trade trends in key countries and sectors. Includes sections on: Assessing our best markets; and Expanding opportunities for industry. Provides data on European Union, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, Argentina, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa. Also covers medical equipment and supplies, computer equipment, computer software, motor vehicles, automotive parts, paper products, and information services.

Year/Pages: 1995: 222 p.; ill.

Price: $26.50

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