Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle EastBloomsbury Publishing USA, 26/05/2009 - 400 من الصفحات The American invasion of Iraq has been a success - for the Kurds. Kurdistan is an invisible nation, and the Kurds the largest ethnic group on Earth without a homeland, comprising some 25 million moderate Sunni Muslims living in the area around the borders of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Through a history dating back to biblical times, they have endured persecution and betrayal, surviving only through stubborn compromise with greater powers. They have always desired their own state, and now, accidentally, the United States may have helped them take a huge step toward that goal. As Quil Lawrence relates in his fascinating and timely study of the Iraqi Kurds, while their ambition and determination grow apace, their future will be largely dependent on whether America values a budding democracy in the region, or decides to yet again sacrifice the Kurds in the name of political expediency. Either way, the Kurdish north may well prove to be the defining battleground in Iraq, as the country struggles to hold itself together. At this extraordinary moment in the saga of Kurdistan, informed by his deep knowledge of the people and region, Lawrence's intimate and unflinching portrait of the Kurds and their heretofore quixotic quest offers a vital and original lens through which to contemplate the future of Iraq and the surrounding Middle East. |
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The Prodigal Republic | 1 |
The Stolen Sheath | 8 |
Betrayal and Holocaust | 23 |
Shame and Comfort | 42 |
Burning Down the House | 63 |
Carnival in Limbo | 88 |
A Most Convenient Foe III | 111 |
The Northern Front | 132 |
The Believers | 202 |
The Feast of the Sacrifice | 231 |
Securing the Realm | 244 |
Something That Does Not Love a Wall | 271 |
Visible Nation | 307 |
Key Events in Iraqi Kurdish History | 323 |
Notes | 333 |
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