TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robertson,John
TI  - Iraq: a history 
SN  - 9781851685868
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Oneworld Publications
KW  - Iraq
KW  - History
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-370) and index; Introduction: The glory and the curse of Iraq's past -- Places, peoples, potentials : the enduring foundations of life in Iraq -- Cradle of civilization -- Cradle of empires -- Cradle of religions, crucible of conflicts -- Iraq, Islam, and the golden age of the Arab empire -- Interlude : from cradle to backwater -- The creation and zenith of modern Iraq -- The long descent -- Epilogue: "Tell me how this ends."
N2  - "In this insightful analysis, highly-respected expert John Robertson canvases the entirety of Iraq's rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today. Grounded in extensive research, this balanced account of a country and its people explores the greatness and grandeur of Iraq's achievements, the brutality and magnificence of its ancient empires, its contributions to the emergence of the world's enduring monotheistic faiths, and the role the great Arab caliphs of Baghdad played in the medieval cultural flowering that contributed so much to the European Renaissance and the eventual rise of the West"--
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