iraq

Ten days after Baghdad's fall in 2003, Tamara Chalabi arrived in the city after a lifetime in exile. Investigating four generations of her family's history at the forefront of Iraqi society, she offers a portrait of Middle Eastern life and a look back at a lost Iraq which encompasses the end of the Ottoman Empire, the birth of the Iraqi state, the flowering of the "Paris of the Middle East", and Iraq's descent into chaos.

Georges Sada was one of Saddam Hussein's top generals and foremost military advisors. He reveals Saddam's plots to destroy Israel, hide weapons of mass destruction, and overtake the entire Arab world.

In 1979 journalist Zuhair al-Jezairy left Iraq after openly criticising Saddam Hussein's government. After twenty-five years he returned, cautiously celebrating the toppling of the hated Ba'Ath Party. He manages the country's first independent news agency, Voice of Iraq. As such, and because of news stories detailing abuses, he has become a target himself.

A comprehensive study of the history of Iraq, the tumultuous events that have shaped modern Iraq, and well-reasoned view into Iraq's future.