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.
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