Global political, economic and social

change has been so extensive that

every page of this, the 126th edition

of The Statesman s Year-Book has

received major or minor revisions.

Special features of the 1989-90

editt~on are:

~ Voting figures by States for the US

1988 Presidential elections

~ Extensive coverage of Namibia/

South West Africa now that

independence has been agreed

~ Chronology of world events April

1988 to March 1989

~ Improved section on Further

Reading

John Paxton, who joined the

publication in 1963 and became

editor in 1969, is in constant touch

with the affairs of every country, and

provides extensive data from official,

semi-official and private sources.

He is editor of The Statesman s

Year-Book Historical Companion

He also compiled The Statesman s

Year-Book World Gazetteer, now in

its third edition, and has written

many books on European affairs

including A Dictionary of the

European Communitie~ Companion

to Russian History and Companion

to the French Revolution.

He was a member of the executive

committee of the English Centre of

International PEN from 1970-76 and

joint-treasurer from 1971-76. John

Paxton is at present working on

a definitive bibliography of the

European Communities. He lives in

Somerset ata~l is married with two