*本书被History Today杂志选为2015年十大好书之一！http://www.historytoday.com/history-today/books-year-2015
 
针对本书的好评：
“John Robertson’s magnificent Iraq: A History (Oneworld) takes a truly long perspective. From the first Sumerian cities over 5,000 years ago, via the great empires of Assyria, Babylonia and Abbasid Baghdad, to the modern Iraqi state, he shows how this complex past has always shaped, and been shaped by, contemporary political concerns.”  --Eleanor Robson is Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History at University College London.  
 
‘The long view ...sane, humane and entertaining.’ --Sunday Times
 
'Considering its huge span of 6,000 years, the book is surprisingly unhurried...Robertson is never a prisoner of chronology and always finds time for useful asides'. –Independent
 
"This vivid and fast-paced book is an enjoyable introduction for the general reader, from the beginnings of human civilization to the recent wholesale destruction of Iraq's archaeological heritage... Robertson's focus on pre-modern Iraq effortlessly blends political and military history with the history of ideas, and flows seamlessly into the present era and the terrible predicament in which the cradle of civilization now finds itself."—Publishers Weekly
 
 
《伊拉克》是一本单本、广泛以及权威的书，书中叙述了伊拉克这个复杂又文化丰富的国家的完整历史，从新石器时代的开始到最近期的战争的后果。作者John Robertson是一位倍受尊敬的中东专家，他多年的研究以及经验让他写出这个中立、完整的历史故事。书中讨论了伊拉克多年来伟大的成就、它古老的帝国是如此的残酷却吸引人、它对世界上最持久的一神论信仰所付出的贡献等等。
 
本书绝对充满你不知道的历史，让你放不下也会让你不停地思考。我们经常在新闻上看到伊拉克，但是对于它丰富的历史到底认识多少？
 
关于作者：
John Robertson是中央密西根大学的古代以及中东研究教授。