Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479823062ISBN-10:1479823066UPC:9781479823062Book Category:Political Science, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, Middle East, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Iraq, Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCKRXVYB9Q
Republic of Dreams: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Struggles, and the Future of Iraqi Kurdistan
A harrowing political history of Kurdish Iraq told through the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of a childhood refugee
In the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons against his own people, the Iraqi Kurds. Five thousand people died in what became known as the Halabja Massacre, which has been deemed the worst chemical attack in history. Nicole F. Watts,...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479823062ISBN-10:1479823066UPC:9781479823062Book Category:Political Science, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, Middle East, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:Iraq, Middle Eastern StudiesSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCKRXVYB9Q
Nicole F. Watts is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. She is the author of Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey and co-editor of Negotiating Political Power in Turkey: Breaking up the Party.
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