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Country study

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   *  Mauritania
   * Foreward
   * Acknowledgements
   * Preface
   * Country Profile
         o Country
         o Geography
         o Society
         o Economy
         o Transportation and Communications
         o Government and Politics
         o National Security 
   * Introduction 

   * Chapter 1 - Historical Setting (Rachel Warner) - all in History of Mauritania series

   * Chapter 2 - The Society and its Environment (LaVerle Berry)
         o Physical Setting
               + Major Geographic and Climatic Zones
                     # Saharan Zone
                     # Sahelian Zone
                     # Senegal River Valley
                     # Coastal Zone 
               + Expansion of the Desert 
         o Population
         o Ethnic Groups and Languages
               + Maures
                     # White Maure Nobility 
               + Zenaga
                     # Artisans and Entertainers
                     # Black Maures
                     # Maure Kinship and Marriage 
               + Black Africans
                     # Toucouleur
                     # Fulbe
                     # Soninké
                     # Wolof
                     # Bambara 
         o Religious Life
               + Origins of Islam
               + Tenets of Islam
               + Brotherhoods and Saints
                     # The Qadiriya
                     # The Tijaniya
                     # Marabouts 
         o Changing Social Patterns
         o Education
               + Traditional Islamic Education
               + Modern Education 
         o Health and Welfare
               + Medical Care
               + Housing 

   * Chapter 3 - The Economy (Peter D. Coats)
         o Role of the Government
         o Fishing
         o Mining
               + Iron
               + Copper, Gypsym, Phosphates, and Oil 
         o The Rural Economy
               + Herding
               + Farming
                     # Crops
                     # State Control Mechanisms
                     # Land Tenure 
         o Manufacturing and the Industry
         o Energy
         o Transportation and Communications
         o Trade
               + Exports
               + Imports
               + Direction of Trade 
         o Banking and Government Finances
               + Banking
               + Government Finances 
         o Balance of Payments, Debt, and Foreign Assistance 

   * Chapter 4 - Government and Politics (Robert E. Handloff)
         o Political Culture
               + Attitudes Toward the Political System
               + Impediments to Change 
         o Governmental Power
               + Constitution
               + Constitutional Charter
               + Legal System
               + Local Government
               + Local Elections 
         o Political Power in the Mid-1980's
         o Interest Groups
               + Ethnic Minorities
               + Traditional Elites
               + Women
               + Trade Unions 
         o Foreign Relations
               + Foreign Policy
               + Relations with France
               + Relations with Morocco
               + Relations with Other States of the Maghrib
               + Relations with Arab States
               + Relations with Communist States
               + Relations with the West
               + Relations with Other African States
               + International Organizations 

   * Chapter 5 - National Security (Kate Bullard)
         o External Security Perceptions and Policies
               + War in the Western Sahara
               + Regional Security Concerns
                     # Morocco
                     # Senegal
                     # Libya 
         o The Development of the Armed Forces
               + The Preindependence Period
               + The Independence Period and the French Military Legacy 
         o The Armed Forces
               + Organization and Strength
                     # The Army
                     # The Navy
                     # The Air Force 
               + Manpower and Military Training Schools
               + Role of the Military in Society
               + Defense Budget and the Economy
               + Civic Action and Disaster Relief
               + Foreign Military Assistance 
         o Public Order and Internal Security
               + Internal Security Forces
               + Law and Crime
               + Internal Security Threats 

   * Appendix. Tables
   * Bibliography
   * Glossary