A brief history of Iraq.

9780816057672

A brief history of Iraq.

Fattah, Hala.

Facts On File, Inc.

2009

318 pages

$49.50

Hardcover

Brief history

DS70

Fattah (world history, American Community School, Jordan) and Caso (writer and editor) offer a comprehensive view of Iraq, a region once far from the minds of almost everyone but its residents, and now a daily source of news and debate. The book begins with Iraq's Mesopotamian origins and concludes with the 2003 U.S. invasion and the end of Saddam Hussein. It explores the country in terms of its ethnicities, religions and sects, national groups, adaptation, acculturation, interaction, and growth.

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