The Kurds : a people in search of their homeland /

A portrait of historical and modern Kurdish culture describes their victimization under Saddam Hussein's rule, role in the new order under president Jalal Talabani, and struggles as a people who have been tortured for their beliefs and denied their homeland.

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Main Author: McKiernan, Kevin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The stage is set.
  • Viva la Fiesta
  • 1991: Secret nation or forgotten enclave?
  • A second visit to Kurdistan
  • Atrocities
  • The leadership
  • Illusory borders, part I
  • Illusory borders, part II
  • part 2. War in Turkey.
  • Passing down revolution
  • Turkey, 1993
  • Turkey, 1995, ground level
  • The business of killing
  • 60 Minutes
  • PKK visit, 1996
  • Well-founded fear of persecution
  • part 3. War in Iraq.
  • 2002: Northern Iraq
  • Stranger in my cab
  • Fall 2002: six months before the war
  • Suly: October 2002
  • A sheikh in a suit
  • Ansar al-Islam
  • Palace Hotel
  • Al-Qaeda in Kurdistan?
  • WMD and tipsters
  • Ashti Hotel
  • Abducted scientists
  • Kurds reign in the press
  • End game
  • Friendly fire on an April morning
  • The war in Kurdistan
  • Road to Tikrit and home
  • part 4. Victory.
  • One year later: return to Iraq
  • Karzan at home
  • Kirkuk and Civil War
  • Spies and Blame
  • The dodger
  • After Halabja.