Publisher's Synopsis
Updated and revised, this 8th edition includes the national anthems of 176 countries, including recently independent states of the former USSR and the Balkans.;Each anthem is presented with the words in the vernacular set to the music and, where necessary, with a transliterated phonetic version. The list of National Days at the end of the book has been thoroughly revised and updated.;This text has been compiled through close liaison with embassies, high commissions and governments, with the aim of producing the definitive international reference work on this subject.
