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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2006.
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| 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.