�Gareth Stansfield�s Iraq is a unique piece of research, meticulous, profound and, more importantly, timely and cool. Such multidimensional examination from objective scholars is a must.�Faleh A. Jabar, Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies�An essential reference, providing the most up-to-date account of the political history of Iraq from Saddam Hussein�s dictatorship to the emergence of ISIS. An outstanding analysis of contemporary Iraq and the forces leading to its fragmentation.�Eugene Rogan, Oxford University, and author of The Arabs: A History and The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East