The Kurds of Iraq : building a state within a state

The Kurds of Iraq : building a state within a state /

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Bengio, Ofra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012
Subjects:
Kurds > Iraq > History.
Kurds > Iraq > Government relations.
Kurds > Iraq > Politics and government > 20th century.
Kurds > Iraq > Politics and government > 21st century.
Kurds > Iraq > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Nationalism > Iraq > Kurdistān.
Kurdistān (Iraq) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Kurdistān (Iraq) > Politics and government > 21st century.
Iraq > Ethnic relations.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The evolution of Kurdish nationalism
  • The long road to Kurdish autonomy
  • Paved with good intentions
  • Unholy alliances
  • Deteriorating relationships
  • Marginalizing the Kurds
  • An imposed autonomy
  • A time for war
  • Interregnum
  • "One war begets another" : the Iran-Iraq war
  • Rising from the ashes
  • The birth pangs of Kurdish self-rule
  • Uncivil war in Kurdistan
  • The foreign relations imbroglio
  • From victims to victors
  • The great leap forward in post-Saddam Iraq
  • "No friends but the mountains" reconsidered.

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