Iraqi Kurdistan

Author : Robert John Braidwood
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Investigations in Iraqi Kurdistan written by Robert John Braidwood and published by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. This book was released on 1960 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the first three field campaigns of an archeological expedition-the Iraq-Jarmo Progect-in the Kurdish hill country of Iraq.

Author : Gareth R. V. Stansfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134414153
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iraqi Kurdistan written by Gareth R. V. Stansfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iraqi Kurds have enjoyed de facto statehood in the north of Iraq for over a decade but Intra-Kurdish fighting, military incursions by Turkey and Iran and the constant threat posed by Saddam Hussein have plagued this 'democratic experiment'. In this book, Stansfield explores the development of the Kurdish political system since 1991. He examines the difficult and often violent relations between the two dominant powers, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and their relationship with the Kurdish Regional Government in order to understand the current state of Iraqi Kurdish politics and the operation of the state. This topical in-depth study identifies the main dynamics of Iraqi Kurdish politics, analyzes the record and potential of the 'Kurdish democratic experiment', and identifies the present and future Kurdish leaders.

Author : Alex Danilovich
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315468409
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iraqi Kurdistan in Middle Eastern Politics written by Alex Danilovich and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changes brought by the Arab Spring and ensuing developments in the Middle East have made the Kurds an important force in the region. Tel-Aviv and Washington place high hopes on Erbil to facilitate their dealings with Baghdad, Damascus, Teheran and Ankara. Kurds living in Turkey, Syria and Iran have been inspired by the successes of their brethren in Iraq who managed to gain significant independence and make remarkable achievements in state building. The idea of a greater Kurdistan is in the air. This book focuses on how the Kurds have become a new and significant force in Middle Eastern politics. International expert contributors conceptualize current developments putting them into theoretical perspective, helping us to better understand the potential role the Kurds could play in the Middle East.

Author : Sam Faddis
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150406237X
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( 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

Author : Mohammed M. A. Ahmed
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137034084
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iraqi Kurds and Nation-Building written by Mohammed M. A. Ahmed and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shining a light on how Iraqi Kurds used the aftermath of the 1991 Kurdish uprising to hold elections and form a parliament, and on how Kurdish officials later consolidated their regional government following the 2003 Iraq War, this book considers the political and economic shortfalls of the government and the obstacles facing Iraqi Kurds.

Author : Hannes Cerny
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367878375
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iraqi Kurdistan, the PKK and International Relations written by Hannes Cerny and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to its primacy in explaining issues of war and peace in the international arena, the discipline of International Relations (IR) looms large in analyses of and responses to ethnic conflict in academia, politics and popular media - in particular with respect to contemporary conflicts in the Middle East. Grounded in constitutive theory, this book challenges how ethnic/ethno-nationalist conflict is represented in explanatory IR by deconstructing its most prominent state-centric models, frameworks and analytical concepts. As much a critique of contemporary scholarship on Kurdish ethno-nationalism as a detailed analysis of the most prominent Kurdish ethno-nationalist actors, the book provides the first in-depth investigation into the relations between the PKK and the main Iraqi Kurdish political parties from the 1980s to the present. It situates this inquiry within the wider context of the ambiguous political status of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, its relations with Turkey, and the role Kurdish parties and insurgencies play in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Appreciating these complex dynamics and how they are portrayed in Western scholarship is essential for understanding current developments in the Iraqi and Syrian theatres of war, and for making sense of discussions about a potential independent Kurdish state to emerge in Iraq. Iraqi Kurdistan provides a comprehensive and critical discussion of the state-centric and essentialising epistemologies, ontologies, and methodologies of the three main paradigms of explanatory IR, as well as their analytical models and frameworks on ethnic identity and conflict in the Middle East and beyond. It will therefore be a valuable resource for anyone studying ethnicity and nationalism, International Relations or Middle East Politics.

Author : A. M. Hamilton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857716522
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Road Through Kurdistan written by A. M. Hamilton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2004-11-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road Through Kurdistan is an enthralling story, packed with adventure, of one man's determination in the face of adversity. In 1928, A.M. Hamilton travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan, having been commissioned to build a road that would stretch from Northern Iraq through the mountains and gorges of Kurdistan and on to the Iranian border. Now called the Hamilton Road, this was, even by today's standards, a remarkable feat of engineering and remains one of the most strategically important roads in the region. In this colourful and engaging account, Hamilton describes the four years he spent overcoming immense obstacles – disease, ferocious brigands, warring tribes and bureaucratic officials – to carve a path through some of the most beautiful but inhospitable landscapes in the world. A classic of travel writing, Road Through Kurdistan is also an invaluable portrayal of the Iraqi Kurds themselves, as well of the Kurdish regions of Northern Iraq.

Author : Brendan O'Leary
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812219739
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq written by Brendan O'Leary and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2006-08-11 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq appraises the consequences of the U.S.-led intervention in Iraq for its most neglected region.

Author : J. Andrew Bush
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 150361459X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Muslims written by J. Andrew Bush and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the broad contours of Islamic traditions, Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month of Ramadan, they are invited to a disciplined practice of prayer, and they are offered the Quran as the divine revelation in the most beautiful verbal form. But what happens if Muslims choose not to fast, or give up prayer, or if the Quran's beauty seems inaccessible? When Muslims do not take up the path of piety, what happens to their relationships with more devout Muslims who are neighbors, friends, and kin? Between Muslims provides an ethnographic account of Iraqi Kurdish Muslims who turn away from devotional piety yet remain intimately engaged with Islamic traditions and with other Muslims. Andrew Bush offers a new way to understand religious difference in Islam, rejecting simple stereotypes about ethnic or sectarian identities. Integrating textual analysis of poetry, sermons, and Islamic history into accounts of everyday life in Iraqi Kurdistan, Between Muslims illuminates the interplay of attraction and aversion to Islam among ordinary Muslims.

Author : Ofra Bengio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781588268365
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kurds of Iraq written by Ofra Bengio and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ofra Bengio explores the dynamics of relations between the Kurds of Iraq and the Iraqi state from the inception of the Baath regime to the present. Bengio draws on a wealth of rich source materials to carefully trace the evolution of Kurdish national identity in Iraq. Dissecting the socioeconomic, political, and ideological transformations that Iraqi Kurdish society has undergone across some five decades, she focuses on the twin processes of nation building and state building. She also highlights the characteristics of the Kurdishmovement in Iraq relative to Kurdish communities elsewhere in the region. This narrative of the profound vicissitudes of Iraqi Kurdish fortunes illuminates not only the complexities of politics within Iraq today, but also the influence of Iraqi Kurdistan on the geostrategic map of the entire Middle East.