A reprint of a slim WWII-era report on Spitsbergen by U.S. military intelligence, covering the geography, history and geo-politics of the archipelago, and its strategic significance. With original maps and illustrations. Subtitled "American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar territories, 1941-1950, " Capoletti also includes a 1950 report by the C.I.A.on the country. With 63 photographs, maps, glossary, illustrations, bibliography, appendices, and index.  (ARC91, $49.95)

World War II