Iraq , Iran (Persia ), Saudi Arabia and Syria

Updated Sept. 18, 2021.

* Ali, Tariq :                               Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq, Pub. 2003.

* Bamford, James :                    A Pretext For War : 9/11, Iraq, And The Abuse of America's Intelligence
Agencies, Pub. 2004.
( Bush/Cheney regime willfully and wantonly distort and cherry pick and fabricate intelligence reports to help sell the necessity of invading Iraq and taking out Saddam . The Bush administration within ten days of the start of the new government in January 2001 were intent on invading Iraq but they believed they had to invent intelligence and a pretext to go to war even though Saddam by all official accounts had been contained and was no longer a major threat to Israel or the US.)

* Bauman, Robert
and Rasor, Dina :                        Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War , Pub. 2007.

* Champdor, A. :                        Babylon, Pub. 1958.

* Contenau, G.                           Everyday life in Babylon and Assyria, Pub. 1954.

* Dyer, Gwynne:                        The Mess They Made: The Middle East After Iraq, Pub. 2005.

* Fassihi, Farnaz:                        Waiting For An Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life In Iraq , Pub. 2008 .

* Foster, Benjamin R. :               Civilizations of Ancient Iraq , Pub. 2011 .

* Hersh, Seymour :                      CHAIN OF COMMAND: THE ROAD FROM 9/11 TO ABU GHRAIB, Pub. 2004.

* Hiro, Dilip:                              The Longest War: the Iran-Iraq military Conflict, Pub. 1991.

* Lagouranis, Tony And
Mikaelian,Allen:                        Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq , Pub. 2007. ( abuse and torture by US personnel of prisoners became common place in Iraq -they believed Cheney/Rumsfeld & Bush had given them the Green Light " to take off the gloves")

* Lando, Barry:                     Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, From Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush , Pub. 2007.

* Oates, Joan :                       Babylon, Pub. 1979.

* Ricks, Thomas E.:              Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, Pub. 2006 .

* Roberts, Paul William :      A War Against Truth : An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq , Pub. 2004 .

* Roux, Georges :                 Ancient Iraq, Pub. 1992 .

* Saggs, H. W. F. :                Civilization before Greece & Rome , Pub. 1989.

* Saggs, H. W. F. :                Everyday Life in Babylonia & Assyria, Pub. 1965.

* Shadid, Anthony :              Night Draws Near: Iraqis in the Shadow of America’s War , Pub. 2004.

* Time Life Books :              The Age of God Kings/ Egypt,  Babylon, Sumer,   Msopotamia, Pub. 1987.


* Unger, Craig:                      The Fall of the House of Bush : The Untold Story of how a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War , and still Imperils America's Future, Pub. 2007.

History of Iran from Ancient Persia to 2012


* Abrahamian, Ervand: A History Of Modern Iran, Pub. 2008.

* Axworthy, Michael:  A History of Iran; Empire of the Mind, pub. 2008.

* Baer, Robert :           The Devil We Know : Dealing with the new Iranian Superpower, Pub. 2008.

* Bansani, Alessandro: Religion in Iran From Zoroaster to Bahu'ullah, Pub. 2000.

* Boyce, Mary :            Zoroastrians: their religious beliefs And Practices ,Pub. 1979.

* Briant, Pierre:            From Cyrus to Alexander : A History of the Persian Empire, Pub. 2002.

* DURANT, Will :        Our Oriental Heritage : The Story of Civilization, Volume 1, Pub. 1935.

* Foltz, Richard:           Spirituality in the land of the Noble: How Iran Shaped the World's Religions, Pub. 2004.

* Forbis, William H.  :  Fall Of The Peacock Throne, Pub. 1980. (Iran)

* Frye, R. :                    The Golden Age of Persia, Pub. 2000.(Iran)

* de Gobineau ,J.A. :    The World Of The Persians, Pub. 1971. (Iran)

* Hiro, Dilip:                 The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies,Pub. 2005.

* Hiro, Dilip:                 The Longest War: the Iran-Iraq military Conflict, Pub. 1991.

* Katouzian, Homa:     The Persians; Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Iran, Pub. 2009.

* Keddie, Nikki R. : Modern Iran; Roots And Results of Revolution, Pub. 2006 updated.

* Kinzer, Stephen : All The Shah’s Men ( USA Engineered Coup 1953 ) , Pub. 2004.

* Mackey, Sandra : The Iranians : Persia, Islam and the soul of a nation, Pub.1996.

* Mottahedeh, Roy P. :The Mantle of the Prophet : Religion and Politics in Iran ,Pub.1985.

* Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza : The Shia revival : how conflicts within Islam will shape the future, Pub. 2006.

* Nigosian, S.A. : The Zoroastrian Faith, Tradition And Modern Research, Pub. 1993.

* Olmstead, A :       History of the Persian Empire, Pub. 1948.

* Payne, Robert :    The Splendor of Persia, Pub. 1957.

* Polk, William R. : Understanding Iran, Pub. 2009.

* Rose, Jenny :        Zoroastrianism ; An Introduction , Pub. 2014.

* Smith, Lee :         The Strong Horse : Power, Politics, and The Clash of Arab Civilizations, Pub. 2010.

* Wright, Robin B : The last great revolution : turmoil and transformation in Iran . Pub. 2000.


Syria: History

Bryce, Trevor :       Ancient Syria : A Three Thousand Year History , Pub. 2014.

* Erlich, Reese :     Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect ,  Pub. 2016.

* McHugo :            Syria : A Recent History , 2014.


Saudi Arabia


* Allen, Charles :                   God's terrorists : the Wahhabi cult and the hidden roots of modern Jihad, Pub. 2006.

* Bradley, John R:                  Saudi Arabia Exposed; Inside A kingdom In Crisis, Pub. 2005.

* Bronson, Rachel:                 Thicker Than Oil; America's Uneasy partnership With Saudi Arabia, Pub. 2006.

* Gold, Dore:                          Hatred's Kingdom : How Saudi Arabia Supports The New Global Terrorism, Pub. 2003.

* Hourani, Albert :                   A History of The Arab Peoples, Pub. 1991.

Kennedy, Hugh:                      The Great Arab Conquests; How The Spread of Islam Changed The World We Live in , Pub. 2007.

* Kiernan:                               The Arabs, Pub. 1975.

* Lacey, Robert :                     Inside The Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle For Saudi Arabia, Pub. 2009.

* Al-Rasheed, Madawi :         A History of Saudi Arabia, Pub. 2002.

* Sabini, John :                       Armies In The Sand: The Struggle For Mecca And Medina , Pub. 1981 (Wahhabi Uprising).

* Weston, Mark :                   Prophets and Princes : Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the present Pub

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