GEOFF SIMONS is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books. He has also produced about 200 articles for the general and academic press. His most recent titles include 16 highly-acclaimed books on international politics, including ten on the Middle East and the United Nations. His works are suitable for both a general and specialist readership. Many are on university reading lists and he has been translated into a dozen languages, including Arabic, Russian and Japanese. He is now planning further titles.

'Geoff Simons tells the Iraq story with scholarship, clarity and great moral force.' - Tony Benn, MP 'Simons has done a fine job of presenting both lay readers and specialists with an eminently readable and objective picture of Iraqi politics and the West's tortuous relationship with modern Iraq...This lucid and jargon-free account is highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries.' - Nader Entessar, Library Journal

• Preface to the Third Edition Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: IRAQ IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER After the 1991 Gulf War PART II: THE HISTORY OF IRAQ The Ancient Crucible The Arabs, Islam and the Caliphate Seljuks, Mongols and Ottomans The Western Impact From Monarchy to Republic Into the Era of Saddam PART III: TOWARDS THE NEW WORLD ORDER War with the West Notes Bibliography Index

GEOFF SIMONS is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books. He has also produced about 200 articles for the general and academic press. His most recent titles include 16 highly-acclaimed books on international politics, including ten on the Middle East and the United Nations. His works are suitable for both a general and specialist readership. Many are on university reading lists and he has been translated into a dozen languages, including Arabic, Russian and Japanese. He is now planning further titles.

'Geoff Simons tells the Iraq story with scholarship, clarity and great moral force.' - Tony Benn, MP 'Simons has done a fine job of presenting both lay readers and specialists with an eminently readable and objective picture of Iraqi politics and the West's tortuous relationship with modern Iraq...This lucid and jargon-free account is highly recommended for academic and larger public libraries.' - Nader Entessar, Library Journal

• Preface to the Third Edition Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: IRAQ IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER After the 1991 Gulf War PART II: THE HISTORY OF IRAQ The Ancient Crucible The Arabs, Islam and the Caliphate Seljuks, Mongols and Ottomans The Western Impact From Monarchy to Republic Into the Era of Saddam PART III: TOWARDS THE NEW WORLD ORDER War with the West Notes Bibliography Index