{"id":24354,"count":8,"description":"We have a plethora of material on Iraq at five books.\u00a0 There are a couple of general interviews dedicated to the country.\u00a0 Colin Freeman offers his best books on Iraq<\/a>, and the civil rights campaigner, Kanan Makiya, recommends his best books on the history of Iraq<\/a>.\r\n\r\nPatrick Cockburn gives his best books on the Iraq war<\/a>, \u00a0and others look at particular aspects of the conflict, its causes and its consequences.\u00a0 May Witwit chooses the best books on Life in Iraq during the invasion<\/a>, while Nabeel Yasin looks at democracy in Iraq<\/a>.\u00a0 Chris Abbott on global security<\/a>, Jeremy Greenstock on diplomacy<\/a> \u00a0and Mary Habeck on terrorism<\/a> all discuss the invasion and its consequences, as does Jason Burke with his best books on Islamic militancy<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLorraine Adams on the truth behind the headlines<\/a> and Darius Rejali on violence and torture both touch on some of the more controversial aspects of the lead up to the war in Iraq and the occupation of the country in their\u00a0 broader discussion of these themes.\u00a0 Stephen Armstrong on private armies<\/a> and Hugh Gusterson on drone warfare<\/a> look at controversial aspects of the actual fighting.\r\n\r\nThere are numerous interviews that touch on the politics and ideology that led to the decision to go to war.\u00a0 E J Dionne's choices on the appeal of conservatism<\/a> include The neoconservatives: the origins of a movement by Peter Steinfels<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Yosri Fouda includes Against All Enemies <\/em>by Richard Clarke in his best books on 9\/11<\/a>.\u00a0 John Gray discusses the Iraq crisis in his best critiques of utopia and apocalypse<\/a> and Lawrence Kaplan puts the Iraq war in a longer political perspective with his best books on US intervention<\/a>.\u00a0 Venkatesh Rao discusses related themes in his best books on how the world works<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOther interviews look at Iraq as the cradle of civilisation.\u00a0 Diarmaid MacCulloch chooses his best books on the history of Christianity<\/a> and recommends The Church of the East<\/em> by Christoph Baumer as essential to understanding the role of Christianity in the Middle East.\u00a0 Peter Atkins talks about early Mesopotamia in his best books on the emergence of understanding<\/a> and Amira Bennison talks about the central role played by Baghdad in her best books on science and islam<\/a>. \u00a0Robin Wilson touches on the role of ancient Mesopotamia in his best books on the history of mathematics<\/a> and \u00a0Stephen Cave recommends the ancient Mesopotamian epic, Gilgamesh<\/em>, in his best books on immortality<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/world\/asia\/middle-east\/iraq\/","name":"Iraq","slug":"iraq","taxonomy":"category","parent":5648,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/24354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/5648"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=24354"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=24354"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=24354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}