The Complete Guide to Flags of the World

This guide to the flags of the world provides concise, up-to-date coverage of every country in the world, giving the history, meaning and symbolism of national flags, together with large-scale and smaller locator maps. It includes: history of flags; colour flags of over 220 countries and territories; flags of international organisations; large-scale and detailed locator maps for easy reference; up-to-date data and statistics for all countries; information about the history and symbolism of each flag; a section on de facto and emerging states; and is fully indexed.