From the National Archives at Kew, UK. Selected by Dr. Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, these documents cover the political and administrative history of the modern state which has emerged from the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. Like Series 1, this database offers conference reports, ministerial memos and diplomatic dispatches, as well as official letters of correspondence from regional leaders, press releases and arms deal reports. This collection will also appeal to those with an interest in economics, politics and peace studies.

Series 2 on Iraq covers these events:

• The war in Mesopotamia and the capture of Baghdad in 1917
• Introduction of the British Mandate and the installation of King Faisal in 1921
• Independence and Iraq's membership in the League of Nations in 1932
• Coups d'etat in the 1930s and 1940s
• The Baghdad pact of 1955 and the military coup of 1958 leading to the establishment of a republic
• Oil concessions and the threat to Kuwait
• The rise of Ba'athism and Saddam Hussein
• The USSR-Iraq Treaty of Friendship in 1972
• Iran-Iraq relations