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CONTENTS

INT RODUCTION: DO YOU EVER WONDER? . . . 4

PART 1 AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 1 Libya ....................................... 12
Chapter 2 Sudan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3 Somalia ..................................... 38
Chapter 4 Eritrea and Ethiopia .......................... 51
Chapter 5 Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi ................... 59

PART 2 ASIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 6 Vietnam and Laos ............................ 74
Chapter 7 Burma (Myanmar) ........................... 100
Chapter 8 Bhutan and Nepal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Chapter 9 Iran and Afghanistan ......................... 127
Chapter 10 Iraq ...................................... 137
Chapter 11 Syria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

PART 3 EASTERN EUROPE . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Chapter 12 Russia .................................... 160
Chapter 13 Ukraine ................................... 170
Chapter 14 Moldova ................................... 184
Chapter 15 Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan .................. 191
Chapter 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo ........... 204

PART 4 THE AMERICAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Chapter 17 Mexico .................................... 230
Chapter 18 El Salvador and Guatemala ................... 242

C ONCLUSION: A NEW HOM E . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Source Notes ........................................ 260
Further Reading ...................................... 260
Index ............................................... 262