Samuel Helfont
@HelfontSamuel
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Mideast & Int’l Historian @NavalWarCollege in residence @NPS_Monterey | Visiting Fellow @HooverInst | Books: Oxford and Stanford Univ Presses | Views my own
Monterey Calif.
Joined September 2022
Now available! The conflict between Saddam's Iraq, the USA, and the World; rooted in Iraqi sources; details Iraqi operations from the streets of New York and Stockholm, to the mosques of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, to the halls of power in Paris and Moscow. https://t.co/40cDlf3g4i
It's official! The new book now has a cover! Check it out (along with the description, endorsements, etc) at the link. Forthcoming in April but it is already available for pre-order. https://t.co/40cDlf3g4i
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#Iraq PM Sudani came in 1st but didn't win large enough margin to give him command over gaining 2nd term Sudani only has around 20% of Shiite seats meaning other parties could outmaneuver him
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🔵 مركز الرافدين للحوار RCD يُصدر كتابًا جديدًا عن العراق والعالم أصدر مركز الرافدين للحوار RCD كتاباً جديداً بعنوان “العراق في مواجهة العالم : صدام والولايات المتحدة الأميركية ونظام ما بعد الحرب الباردة” من تأليف ساميول هلفونت Samuel Helfont وترجمة علي الحارس، ويبحث الكتاب في
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قريبا العراق البعثي من خلال الأرشيف التأملات والاستكشافات والفرص ليزا بليدز وصامويل هيلفونت يونيو 2026 456 صفحة مطابع جامعة ستانفورد فرصة للمترجمين و الناشرين .
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Lisa Blaydes et Samuel Helfont (eds.) - Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities À paraître en juin aux Stanford UP
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Very proud to have a chapter, examining Kurdish and Iraqi attempts to claim human rights violations in the '90s, published in "Ba'thist Iraq Through Archives," forthcoming in June 2026 from @stanfordpress, edited by @HelfontSamuel and @lisablaydes
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The opening of Iraq's Ba'th Party archives revolutionized the study of Iraqi politics and history, offering scholars unprecedented access to the inner workings of one of the world's most impenetrable...
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I am happy to announce the publication of my latest book The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press). https://t.co/DC8w961Ri3 An audio-book version is scheduled for release in December.
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I am happy to announce the publication of my latest book The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press). https://t.co/DC8w961Ri3 An audio-book version is scheduled for release in December.
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Coming from Stanford University Press in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors! https://t.co/328TlwJHyq
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Coming from Stanford University Press in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors! https://t.co/328TlwJHyq
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H-Diplo | RJISSF Review Essay 138: Nagl on Helfont, Iraq Against the World https://t.co/rd3xzBDgyd
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29 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE138 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse | Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart | Production Editor: Christopher Ball John Nagl…
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Advanced PhD students working on US foreign relations broadly defined + early career scholars check this out! Consider applying to the @SHAFRhistorians Summer Institute being hosted by @mershoncenter at @OhioState in June 2026, deadline 12/15/25:
mershoncenter.osu.edu
Historically, international relations has fluctuated between periods of crisis and periods of relative stability. Some refer to our current age as one of sustained “polycrisis,” unleashed by what...
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a New World Order. By centering the Iraqi government’s actions, Helfont restores an important balance in diplomatic history by underscoring the active role the Baʿth Party played in challenging the terms of sanctions."
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Samuel Helfont’s Iraq Against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post–Cold War Order, published with Oxford University Press in 2023, draws on internal Iraqi government documents from Saddam...
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Second, Alissa Walter reviewed it in @Bustan_theMEBR where she states: "Overall, this clear, well-researched book offers an important retelling of the post–Cold War era, highlighting Iraq’s central role in the 1990s diplomatic efforts to establish a /2
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Two new reviews of my last book out this month. First, @DrJohnNagl argues in @HDiplo that the book "forced me to reconceptualize the wars that have been the focus of my days and my nightmares for the past three decades." https://t.co/gG7PC6UG0N /1
issforum.org
29 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE138 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse | Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart | Production Editor: Christopher Ball John Nagl…
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a New World Order. By centering the Iraqi government’s actions, Helfont restores an important balance in diplomatic history by underscoring the active role the Baʿth Party played in challenging the terms of sanctions."
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
Samuel Helfont’s Iraq Against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post–Cold War Order, published with Oxford University Press in 2023, draws on internal Iraqi government documents from Saddam...
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Second, Alissa Walter reviewed it in @Bustan_theMEBR where she states: "Overall, this clear, well-researched book offers an important retelling of the post–Cold War era, highlighting Iraq’s central role in the 1990s diplomatic efforts to establish a /2
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Two new reviews of my last book out this month. First, @DrJohnNagl argues in @HDiplo that the book "forced me to reconceptualize the wars that have been the focus of my days and my nightmares for the past three decades." https://t.co/gG7PC6UG0N /1
issforum.org
29 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE138 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse | Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart | Production Editor: Christopher Ball John Nagl…
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