On Iraq
Robertson, John. Iraq: A History. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. pp. 336. Cloth.
Emphasizes the history of Iraq up to the fall of the Abbasids. Although I would have liked to see more on the modern period, Robertson points out that he emphasizes this earlier period to argue that Iraq has as much an illustrious past as the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Persians, etc. This is a reasonable decision and the author handles the task well.