Reviews for Pacific Island Languages

The average rating for Pacific Island Languages based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-09-18 00:00:00 Joseph Jacko I read chapter 7: "The Era of Baath Party Rule. Marr is one of those political scientists who is quick to point out other writer's political biases while thinking that she is writing from an objective point of view. She writes cleanly but the book has a bit of text book prose style. Hard to know why she is writing the book. I got more out of Republic of Fear (which has a definite point of view) than from this book. Still, if you are looking for a middle of the road (right) book on Iraq, this will get you started.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-11-09 00:00:00 Mortimer Mortimer I am honestly so grateful to Phebe Marr for writing such an analytical, descriptive and accurate account of the beautiful land of Iraq's history. Never have I learnt so much on the history of my country, and as someone who constantly advocates knowing your own history, I recognised my hypocrisy when not knowing much pre-gulf war. This is a book I would recommend to ALL Iraqis. It's made me recognise why Kurdish liberation movements had failed and which Iraqi leaders had true socialist tendencies and why communism failed in Iraq. Would suggest it to ALL Iraqis without a shadow of a doubt.