The Kurds: A Divided Nation in Search of a State - Couverture souple

Michael M. Gunter (author)

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1558766413 ISBN 13 : 9781558766419

Editeur : Markus Wiener Publishing Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Donald Trump betrayed the Kurds, America's most reliable allies in the fight against ISIS, by announcing in a tweet that US troops would withdraw from Syria. Betrayal is nothing new in Kurdish history, especially by Western powers. The Kurds, a nation with its own history, language, and culture, were not included in the Treaty of Lausanne (1923), which contained no provision for a Kurdish state. As a result, the land of Kurds was divided into the territories of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran.

"The story of Iraq's Kurds is relatively well known; Gunter's book sheds light on the less familiar Syrian Kurds, who number around 2.2 million and occupy three enclaves along the Turkish border. Syrian Kurdish militias have proved to be the most effective of Washington's partners in the fight against the Islamic State (or ISIS) in Syria. But they are also closely aligned with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a group that the United States has designated as a terrorist organization and that is anathema to Turkey, a member of NATO and a close U.S. ally." --Foreign Affairs

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1558766413
• ISBN 13: 9781558766419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 330
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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