William R. Polk
Non-fiction
Understanding Iraq is an elaborate history of the country from ancient times through the advent of Islam up to what Polk describes as “American Iraq” today. The writer details how Britain tried and failed to establish an effective Iraqi state; how British-approved Iraqi monarchs tried and failed to establish an effective Iraqi state; and finally how Saddam Hussein succeeded briefly in doing so albeit brutal and authoritarian means.
Non-fiction
Understanding Iraq is an elaborate history of the country from ancient times through the advent of Islam up to what Polk describes as “American Iraq” today. The writer details how Britain tried and failed to establish an effective Iraqi state; how British-approved Iraqi monarchs tried and failed to establish an effective Iraqi state; and finally how Saddam Hussein succeeded briefly in doing so albeit brutal and authoritarian means.
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