Out of Nowhere: The Kurds of Syria in Peace and War - Couverture rigide

Gunter, Michael M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184904435X ISBN 13 : 9781849044356

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'In recent decades, the Kurds have become important players in Middle East politics. In particular, the establishment of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has given them a significant platform to advance their demands. The Syrian Kurds, however, have hitherto remained relatively invisible to the outside world. The Syrian uprising catapulted the Kurds and their role in the evolving imbroglio in that country into the forefront of the discussion about the future of Syria. Michael Gunter, a prolific writer on the Kurds and a well-known scholar in the field of Kurdish studies, has written a highly informative and timely volume explaining the evolving role of the Kurds in Syria and their future prospects. This is a must-read book for specialists and informed citizens alike.' --Nader Entessar, Professor of Political Science, University of South Alabama, and author of Kurdish Politics in the Middle East

'Michael Gunter has made an important and timely contribution to the limited literature on the Kurds in Syria. This is one of the first analyses of the momentous development of Kurdish autonomy in Western Kurdistan and is essential reading for understanding the Syrian war and the country s future. Explaining Kurdish politics in Syria is not easy but Gunter skilfully examines the complex factors affecting Kurdish efforts to achieve improved rights and security. He also uses his extensive knowledge of Kurdish politics in Turkey and Iraq to give an understanding of these critical dynamics.' --Robert Lowe, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science

'Out of Nowhere is the latest of Michael Gunter's many important studies of the Kurds. This timely book puts the dramatic developments of the last two years in Syria's Kurdistan in historical, geopolitical and socio-cultural context. Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the dynamic role of the Kurds in a changing Middle East.' --Ofra Bengio, Head of the Kurdish Studies program at the Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In mid 2012 the previously almost forgotten Syrian Kurds suddenly emerged as a potential game-changer in the country's civil war when, in an attempt to consolidate its increasingly desperate position, the Assad government abruptly withdrew its troops from the major Kurdish areas in Syria. The Kurds in Syria had suddenly won autonomy, a situation that has huge implications for neighboring Turkey and the near-independent Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. Indeed, their precipitous rise may prove a tipping-point that alters the boundaries imposed on the Middle East by the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916. These important events and what they portend for the future are scrutinised by the renowned scholar of the Kurds, Michael Gunter. He also analyses the sudden rise of Salih Muslim and his Democratic Union Party (PYD)-which was created by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and remains affiliated to it-and the extremely complex and deadly fighting between factions of the Syrian Opposition affiliated with al-Qaeda, such as the Jabhat al-Nusra jihadists and the PYD, among others.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 184904435X
• ISBN 13: 9781849044356
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176