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Battle for the Mountain of the Kurds

Author : Thomas Schmidinger
Publisher : PM Press
ISBN 13 : 162963655X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Battle for the Mountain of the Kurds written by Thomas Schmidinger and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 2018, Turkey invaded the autonomous Kurdish region of Afrin in Syria and is currently threatening to ethnically cleanse the region. Between 2012 and 2018, the “Mountain of the Kurds” (Kurd Dagh) as the area has been called for centuries, had been one of the quietest regions in a country otherwise torn by civil war. After the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the Syrian army withdrew from the region in 2012, enabling the Party of Democratic Union (PYD), the Syrian sister party of Abdullah Öcalan’s outlawed Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to first introduce a Kurdish self-administration and then, in 2014, to establish the Canton Afrin as one of the three parts of the heavily Kurdish Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, which is better known under the name Rojava. This self-administration—which had seen multiparty municipal and regionwide elections in the summer and autumn of 2017, which included a far-reaching autonomy for a number of ethnic and religious groups, and which had provided a safe haven for up to 300,000 refugees from other parts of Syria—is now at risk of being annihilated by the Turkish invasion and occupation. Thomas Schmidinger is one of the very few Europeans to have visited the Canton of Afrin. In this book, he gives an account of the history and the present situation of the region. In a number of interviews, he also gives inhabitants of the region from a variety of ethnicities, religions, political orientations, and walks of life the opportunity to speak for themselves. As things stand now, the book might seem to be in danger of becoming an epitaph for the “Mountain of the Kurds,” but as the author writes, “the battle for the Mountain of the Kurds is far from over yet.”

The Battle for the Mountain of the Kurds

Author : Thomas Schmidinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629636870
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Battle for the Mountain of the Kurds written by Thomas Schmidinger and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey

Author : Nikos Christofis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000531376
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey written by Nikos Christofis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the AKP government since 2002 during which time the state’s approach to the Kurdish Question has undergone several changes. Examining what preceded and followed the failed putsch of 2016, it explains and critiques that situates the Kurdish Question in its broader context. It stands out with the main objective to avoid any ‘policy-oriented bias’ through an interdisciplinary and multi-thematic approach. The volume discusses the state and policies in the Kurdish region of Turkey, as well as counter-hegemonic discourses that seek to reform existing institutions. Some chapters focus on the domestic aspects and gender perspectives of the Kurdish Question in Turkey, which focus has been taken over by recent developments in Syria and the Middle East in general. Other chapters include a range of new aspects of Turkish society and politics, and the international aspects of Ankara’s policies and its implications not only inside Turkey but also internationally. Taking both domestic and foreign policy aspects into account, the book offers a set of innovative explanations for the state of crisis in Turkey and a solid basis for thinking about the likely path forward. Scholars, researchers and post-graduates, interested in political theory, Kurdish and Middle East politics will find this book invaluable.

The Kurdish War

Author : David Adamson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000726096
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Kurdish War written by David Adamson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1964, The Kurdish War tells not only David Adamson’s 200-mile journey on foot and horseback through the rebel mountains of Iraq but also of the circuitous route through the Middle East the author had to take to get there. For possibly 4000 years the Kurds have lived in the mountains between the Tigris and Armenia, owing fitful allegiance to many empires among them those of the Turks, Arabs, Persians, and briefly the British. Revolts against their overlords have been haphazard, bloody, and ill-fated. The one which began in Iraq towards the end of 1961 looked as if it would fall into the usual pattern, but in fact it was the deciding factor among the several which led to the overthrow of the late General Kassem. In the summer of 1962 David Adamson was working in Paris for the Sunday Telegraph when he met Emir Bedir Khan, the doyen of the Kurdish nationalist movement. From that meeting sprang the discussion to try to enter the rebel held territory in the north-west of Iraq. In this book the author describes the leaders of the revolt and the aspirations, history, background of the Kurdish nationalists. This firsthand historical account is an essential read for scholars and researchers of Middle East history, Middle East studies, and history in general.

As Strong as the Mountains

Author : Robert L. Brenneman
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478632585
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book As Strong as the Mountains written by Robert L. Brenneman and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own homeland, numbering over 30 million people divided among Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Originating as rural nomads living in the mountains, the Kurds have transformed into an urban entity within the Middle East. Brenneman, who has lived and conducted long-term fieldwork among the Kurds in Iraq and Turkey, presents a rich arc of their culture and experiences from ancient to modern times. The latest edition incorporates original and updated accounts of core and changing aspects of contemporary Kurdish culture, including human rights challenges, complicated ethnic identity, women’s roles and gender issues, family and community dynamics, diverse religious practices, transition from oral tradition to literacy, and struggles to defeat the Islamic State. Questions for discussion at the end of each chapter encourage readers to think deeply about what it means to be a proud ethnic group fighting for sovereignty and recognition.

No Friends But the Mountains

Author : John Bulloch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book No Friends But the Mountains written by John Bulloch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two veteren Middle East journalists provide the only history of the Kurdish people available today. Ranging from their earliest origins to the aftermath of the Gulf War, Bulloch and Morris trace the course of Kurds' long and tragic past, and examine the pressures that have denied them their own state.

Love, Poverty and War

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0857899384
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Love, Poverty and War written by Christopher Hitchens and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping collection of essays, reportage and criticism, Hitchens' polemical talents at their most fearsome. "I did not, I wish to state, become a journalist because there was no other 'profession' that would have me. I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information." Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays showcases the Hitchens' rejection of consensus and cliché, whether he's reporting from abroad in Indonesia, Kurdistan, Iraq, North Korea, or Cuba, or when his pen is targeted mercilessly at the likes of William Clinton, Mother Theresa ("a fanatic, a fundamentalist and a fraud"), the Dalai Lama, Noam Chomsky, Mel Gibson and Michael Bloomberg. Hitchens began the nineties as a "darling of the left" but has become more of an "unaffiliated radical" whose targets include those on the "left," who he accuses of "fudging" the issue of military intervention in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet, as Hitchens shows in his reportage, cultural and literary criticism, and opinion essays from the last decade, he has not jumped ship and joined the right but is faithful to the internationalist, contrarian and democratic ideals that have always informed his work.

Sold Out? US Foreign Policy, Iraq, the Kurds, and the Cold War

Author : Bryan R. Gibson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137517158
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Sold Out? US Foreign Policy, Iraq, the Kurds, and the Cold War written by Bryan R. Gibson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the ways in which US policy toward Iraq was dictated by America's broader Cold War strategy between 1958 and 1975. While most historians have focused on “hot” Cold War conflicts such as Cuba, Vietnam, and Afghanistan, few have recognized Iraq's significance as a Cold War battleground. This book argues that US decisions and actions were designed to deny the Soviet Union influence over Iraq and to create a strategic base in the oil-rich Gulf region. Using newly available primary sources and interviews, this book reveals new details on America's decision-making toward and actions against Iraq during the height of the Cold War and shows where Iraq fits into the broader historiography of the Cold War in the Middle East. Further, it raises important questions about widely held misconceptions of US-Iraqi relations, such as the CIA's alleged involvement in the 1963 Ba'thist coup and the theory that the US sold out the Kurds in 1975.

The Iraqi Kurds and the Cold War

Author : Hawraman Ali
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000766055
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Iraqi Kurds and the Cold War written by Hawraman Ali and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the effects of the Cold War and regional politics on the Iraqi Kurds between 1958 and 1975, this study demonstrates how regional and international powers sought to exploit the Iraqi Kurds in their quest for statehood. The research draws on a plethora of British and American archival documents and select Soviet and Iranian sources integrated with Kurdish authoritative and eyewitness accounts. The work explores the Iraqi Kurds on three levels: Firstly, on a national Iraqi level, starting with the Iraqi Revolution in 1958 to the collapse of the Kurds’ liberation movement in 1975 under Mela Mustafa Barzani. Secondly, it considers the issue on a regional level by examining the political dynamics between Iran (under the Shah), Iraq, Egypt (thus Nasserists) and other regional states, with a focus on these states’ relations and tensions. Thirdly, it scrutinises the impact of the Cold War on the politics and history of Iraq, focussing on the effects on the Kurds in particular. Complementing the existing literature, this volume builds a chronological narrative through historical analysis. It is a key resource for students, scholars, policymakers and regional experts interested in Kurdish history, foreign policy, politics and security in the Middle East.

The Battle for Peace

Author : Tony Zinni
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250088119
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Battle for Peace written by Tony Zinni and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a New York Times Bestseller! Tony Zinni has served on the frontlines of war and peace--as a Marine in Vietnam, commander of troops in the Middle East, and diplomatic envoy. His wealth of experience provides fascinating insight into how the world works and a sweeping vision of America's role in it. Zinni argues that the roots of the world's growing turmoil are not being addressed and that America's aggressive confidence is making it worse--with potentially devastating implications for the safety of Americans. From the foxhole to the White House, Zinni's first-hand experience informs his view of how America can promote a more stable and peaceful world through realism and pragmatic cooperation with other peoples and states.

The CIA War in Kurdistan

Author : Sam Faddis
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150406237X
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The CIA War in Kurdistan written by Sam Faddis and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A valuable history [and] a stark warning to Washington policy and strategy makers.” —James Stejskal, former US Army Special Forces and CIA officer In 2002, Sam Faddis was named to head a CIA team that would enter Iraq to facilitate the deployment of follow-on conventional military forces numbering over 40,000 American soldiers. This force, built around the 4th Infantry Division, would, in partnership with Kurdish forces and with the assistance of Turkey, engage Saddam’s army in the North as part of a coming invasion. Faddis expected to be on the ground in Iraq within weeks, the entire campaign likely to be over by summer. Over the course of the next year, virtually every aspect of that plan for the conduct of the war in northern Iraq fell apart. The 4th Infantry Division never arrived, nor did any other conventional forces in substantial number. The Turks not only refused to provide support, they worked overtime to prevent the United States from achieving success. And an Arab army that was to assist US forces fell apart before it ever made it to the field. Alone, hopelessly outnumbered, short on supplies, and threatened by Iraqi assassination teams and Islamic extremists, Faddis’s team, working with Kurdish peshmerga, miraculously paved the way for a brilliant and largely bloodless victory in the North and the fall of Saddam’s Iraq. That victory, handed over to Washington and the Department of Defense on a silver platter, was then squandered. The decisions that followed would lead to catastrophic consequences that continue to this day. This is the story of the brave and effective team of men and women who overcame massive odds to help end the nightmare of Saddam’s rule. It is also the story of how incompetence, bureaucracy, and ignorance threw that success away and condemned Iraq and the surrounding region to chaos

The Cradle of Mankind; Life in Eastern Kurdistan

Author : Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Cradle of Mankind; Life in Eastern Kurdistan written by Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1914, this is an essay tells about life in Kurdistan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The authors describe different geographical locations; they had a chance to visit and give insights into the daily routine of the locals. The book also tells us about the history of the region, its culture, religious tradition, and many more.

War at the Top of the World

Author : Eric S. Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136743820
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book War at the Top of the World written by Eric S. Margolis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will the post-Taliban government of Afghanistan look like? How will the war in Afghanistan affect the already unstable politics of Central Asia? In War at the Top of the World, veteran foreign correspondent Eric Margolis presents a revelatory history of the complicated and volatile conflicts that have entangled Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States, the Soviet Union, and many others. By 1999, Pakistan had proven they have medium-range nuclear weapons, and now the threat that their government could be taken over by a radical Islamic fundamentalist faction is stronger than ever. In fact, Osama bin Laden has already claimed to have a nuclear weapon. How could this have happened? Margolis plays witness to the escalating conflicts of the past decade, tracing disputes over Afghanistan, as well as those ever neighboring Kashmir and Tibet, back to their Cold War roots, exploring clashes that continue to threaten to destabilize the region today. Combining vivid first-hand accounts of a war correspondent with a historical and strategic overview of the region, Margolis guides the reader through the geopolitical complexities of the area and its key players. He offers a clear, concise analysis of a complicated and little-understood part of the world that is home to a quarter of the world's population. Fascinating and now more timely than ever, War at the Top of the World is an extraordinary read for anyone interested in the current global balance of power.

The Iraq War: Hidden Agendas and Babylonian Intrigue

Author : Raphael Israeli
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1837642427
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book The Iraq War: Hidden Agendas and Babylonian Intrigue written by Raphael Israeli and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the prism of the three major conflicts during Saddam's reign: The Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War (1991) and the climax to Middle East tensions, the War on Iraq (2003); the author exposes the tyranny, deception and terror synonymous with the Ba'ath regime. It also contains insights into Saddam's nuclear, chemical and biological programs.

The War Report

Author : Annyssa Bellal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198766068
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The War Report written by Annyssa Bellal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-09 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual report on armed conflicts around the world provides detailed information on each conflict which occurred in 2014. The report sets out the conflicts' classification, applicable norms, key actors, methods of warfare, and the number of casualties. It also analyses key legal issues that arose in the context of these armed conflicts.

The Weight of a Mustard Seed

Author : Wendell Steavenson
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1786496798
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Weight of a Mustard Seed written by Wendell Steavenson and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the account of one family's struggle to survive the iniquities of Saddam Hussein's savage dictatorship. A proud man, father and soldier struggles to protect himself, and his family, from tyranny. LONGLISTED FOR DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2010 In The Weight of a Mustard Seed, Wendell Steavenson tells the true story of General Kamel Sachet, a decorated hero of the long Iran-Iraq war and a favourite of Saddam Hussein's. As Steavenson reveals the emotional and psychological scars the Sachet family suffer as a result of decades spent living with war and repression, she reaches towards the heart of a previously unspoken story of Iraq: a once prosperous nation, reduced by Hussein's megalomania and paranoia to bankruptcy, corruption and impotence. The result is an intimate, startling and gripping account of the slow destruction of Sachet, his family and his country. Reminiscent in part of Stasiland and The Bookseller of Kabul, it is a career-defining book for Wendell Steavenson.

Federalism, Secession, and International Recognition Regime

Author : Alex Danilovich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429827652
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Federalism, Secession, and International Recognition Regime written by Alex Danilovich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federalism is widely believed to be an efficient tool to quell ethnic conflict, yet recently there has been a pronounced global tendency among ethnic minorities to break away from larger nations. Iraqi Kurdistan, a region within the newly established Iraqi federation, also harbors plans to proclaim its own sovereign state. This volume analyses the factors that have caused the Kurds to change their minds about living in a federal Iraq, and the reaction of their neighbors and the international community at large. Using a broad theoretical framework of federal studies and secession theory, this book examines the causes for the breakup of ethnic federations fuelled by nationalism as well as the international regime of recognition of newly formed entities. It provides a first-hand account and theoretically informed interpretations of the Iraqi situation, showing that federalism is not always a universal remedy for ethnic and religious conflicts; it also emphasizes that the international recognition regime is a significant variable in peoples’ actions and aspirations to sovereignty. Enriching the ongoing debate on federalism and self-determination, this volume will appeal to scholars and students of politics, international relations, and comparative politics, as well as those interested in federalism, the Middle East and Kurdistan.