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Samuel Helfont
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Middle East/International history. Newest book: Iraq against the World (OUP, 2023). Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own.
https://www.samuelhelfont.com
I am happy to announce the publication of my latest book

The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press).
amazon.com/Iraq-Wars-Shor…

An audio-book version is scheduled for release in December.
October 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
All the books in this series have similar covers so this was expected but it’s still great to see!

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April 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
December 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM
December 7, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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November 22, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Happy to see things picking up here. I write about Middle Eastern and international history. My two books drew heavily from Iraqi archives. Here is my latest:

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November 13, 2024 at 4:12 AM
In a generous new review of my book, "Iraq against the World" in H-Diplo, Joe Stieb states "It is a landmark book not only of Iraq scholarship but global history"

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November 13, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Happy to be here! Check out my latest book: www.amazon.com/Iraq-against...
October 2, 2023 at 4:25 PM