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Author:

Bengio, Ofra.

Title:

The Kurds of Iraq : building a state within a state / Ofra Bengio.

Publisher:

Lynne Rienner Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xi, 346 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Kurds--Iraq--History.
Kurds--Iraq--Government relations.
Kurds--Iraq--Politics and government--20th century.
Kurds--Iraq--Politics and government--21st century.
Kurds--Iraq--Autonomy and independence movements.--Autonomy and independence movements.
Kurdistān (Iraq)--Politics and government--20th century.
Kurdistān (Iraq)--Politics and government--21st century.
Nationalism--Kurdistān.--Kurdistān.
Iraq--Ethnic relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-330) and index.

Contents:

"No friends but the mountains" reconsidered. 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.

ISBN:

1588268365 (alk. paper)
9781588268365 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)748286965

LCCN:

2011034887

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)