The 2015 annual register
Subtitle: world events 2014
By: edited by D.S. Lewis and Wendy Slater
Edition: 256th edition.
Publisher: ProQuest
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Cambridge, England
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781786841148; 9781615404803
Subjects: Modern History; World politics
Description: From world politics to society weddings, from the latest scientific discoveries to the weather, from the year's best-selling novels to obituaries of authors and other public figures -- The Annual Register provides detailed historical background and a wealth of new information for research. It is a primary source text for historical research and (for the recent and current annuals) a current affairs reference work.
Table of contents: title: Contributors; title: Abbreviations and acronyms; title: Editors' notes; title: The annual register archive: world events 1758-2014; title: Extracts from past volumes; title: Preface to 256th volume; title: I. Overview of the year: 2014: the year in review; title: II. Western and Southern Europe; title: III. Central and Eastern Europe; title: IV. The Americas and the Caribbean; title: V. Middle East and North Africa; title: VI. Equatorial Africa; title: VII. Central and Southern Africa; title: VIII. South Asia and Indian Ocean; title: IX. South-East and East Asia; title: X. Australasia and the Pacific; title: XI. International organisations; title: XII. The international economy in 2014; title: XIII. The sciences; title: XIV. The law; title: XV. Religion; title: XVI. The arts; title: XVII. Sport; title: XVIII. Obituary; title: XIX. Documents and reference: Speech by Obama announcing air strikes against ISIS in Iraq; Speech by Obama announcing air strikes against ISIS in Syria; Report into ISIS crimes against Yazidi minority; Speech by Putin on "reunification" of Crimea with Russia; Minsk protocol and memorandum on ceasefire in Ukraine; Speech by Obama on US intelligence-gathering; Extracts from Senate Intelligence Committee report into CIA torture; Obama's speech on normalisation of US diplomatic relations with Cuba; Report on numbers of refugees worldwide; Report on rise of antibiotic-resistant infections; Report highlighting declining vertebrate numbers; Report on climate change; title: XX. Chronicle of 2014; title: Maps and tables; title: Images.