Samuel Helfont
@samuelhelfont.bsky.social
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
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Samuel Helfont
@samuelhelfont.bsky.social
· Nov 13
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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Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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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
Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities
À paraître en juin aux Stanford UP
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Lisa Blaydes et Samuel Helfont (eds.) - Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives
Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities
À paraître en juin aux Stanford UP
Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities
À paraître en juin aux Stanford UP
It’s being read by someone named Tom Campbell. If you click on his name, you can hear samples of the other books he has narrated. Sounds pretty good to me! www.audible.com/pd/The-Iraq-...
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s being read by someone named Tom Campbell. If you click on his name, you can hear samples of the other books he has narrated. Sounds pretty good to me! www.audible.com/pd/The-Iraq-...
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Very proud to have a chapter examining Kurdish and Iraqi attempts to claim human rights violations in the '90s in "Ba'thist Iraq Through Archives," coming June 2026 from @stanfordpress.bsky.social, edited by @samuelhelfont.bsky.social & @lisablaydes.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/histor...
Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives | Stanford University Press
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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October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Very proud to have a chapter examining Kurdish and Iraqi attempts to claim human rights violations in the '90s in "Ba'thist Iraq Through Archives," coming June 2026 from @stanfordpress.bsky.social, edited by @samuelhelfont.bsky.social & @lisablaydes.bsky.social www.sup.org/books/histor...
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I had the pleasure of reading a draft: it’s outstanding!!!
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.
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 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I had the pleasure of reading a draft: it’s outstanding!!!
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Can’t wait to read.
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Can’t wait to read.
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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).
amazon.com/Iraq-Wars-Shor…
An audio-book version is scheduled for release in December.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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Glad to see this important volume come to fruition- kudos to @lisablaydes.bsky.social & @samuelhelfont.bsky.social for putting us all in conversation with each other. Thrilled to have co-authored a critical chapter with @marsin.bsky.social on archival access & hierarchies of knowledge production
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 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Glad to see this important volume come to fruition- kudos to @lisablaydes.bsky.social & @samuelhelfont.bsky.social for putting us all in conversation with each other. Thrilled to have co-authored a critical chapter with @marsin.bsky.social on archival access & hierarchies of knowledge production
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Now this looks like a really incredible list of chapters and contributors.
September 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Now this looks like a really incredible list of chapters and contributors.
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Looking forward to this.
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 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Looking forward to this.
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Woot!
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 11:57 PM
Woot!
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I reckon Ba'thist Iraq is one of the most interesting episodes in late 20th century history and the regime archives are an incredible resource. So I'm very excited about this book coming out!
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 11:47 PM
I reckon Ba'thist Iraq is one of the most interesting episodes in late 20th century history and the regime archives are an incredible resource. So I'm very excited about this book coming out!
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Oh wow that looks incredible. That's one heck of a list of contributors! Congratulations.
September 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Oh wow that looks incredible. That's one heck of a list of contributors! Congratulations.
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@aldabenjamen.bsky.social, @eckartwoertz.bsky.social, @davidpatel.bsky.social, and several others not on this site. 2/2
September 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
@aldabenjamen.bsky.social, @eckartwoertz.bsky.social, @davidpatel.bsky.social, and several others not on this site. 2/2
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It's an honor to have a chapter in @samuelhelfont.bsky.social & @lisablaydes.bsky.social's book, alongside @marsin.bsky.social, @smako.bsky.social, @joosthiltermann.bsky.social, @ibrahimpasha.bsky.social, @kmwoods.bsky.social, @malfridbh.bsky.social, @lilyhindy.bsky.social... 1/2
September 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It's an honor to have a chapter in @samuelhelfont.bsky.social & @lisablaydes.bsky.social's book, alongside @marsin.bsky.social, @smako.bsky.social, @joosthiltermann.bsky.social, @ibrahimpasha.bsky.social, @kmwoods.bsky.social, @malfridbh.bsky.social, @lilyhindy.bsky.social... 1/2
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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
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!
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
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!
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Happy to share the news that Catastrophic Diplomacy won the 2025 Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award (for the best monograph in the history of U.S. foreign relations, immigration history, or military history) from the PCB-AHA.
September 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Happy to share the news that Catastrophic Diplomacy won the 2025 Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award (for the best monograph in the history of U.S. foreign relations, immigration history, or military history) from the PCB-AHA.
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If you are an advanced PhD student working on US foreign relations or early career scholar in the area, check this out and consider applying to the #SHAFR Summer Institute being hosted by the @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University in June 2026🗃️: mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/socie...
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If you are an advanced PhD student working on US foreign relations or early career scholar in the area, check this out and consider applying to the #SHAFR Summer Institute being hosted by the @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University in June 2026🗃️: mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/socie...
Thanks for sharing it!
And @samuelhelfont.bsky.social and Kate Tietzen-Wisdom's deep dive into Iraqi archival sources in "Iraqi Archives and post-Cold War Continuity: A View from the Global South" academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...
Iraqi Archives and post-Cold War Continuity: A View from the Global South
The transition from Cold War to post-Cold War is one of the more significant events in international history over the past fifty years. At least, that is h
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May 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thanks for sharing it!
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I read an early version of this, and I recommend it very highly! I plan to use it in my own teaching. A brilliant and concise summation.
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 4:46 PM
I read an early version of this, and I recommend it very highly! I plan to use it in my own teaching. A brilliant and concise summation.
I always forget to tag 🗃️ #skystorians
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 2:03 AM
I always forget to tag 🗃️ #skystorians
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
All the books in this series have similar covers so this was expected but it’s still great to see!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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