Crisis in kirkuk : the ethnopolitics of conflict and compromise /
With immense oil reserves and a diverse population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens, Kirkuk's history has been scarred by interethnic violence and state-sponsored ethnic cleansing. This book offers a dispassionate analysis of the struggle for control of Kirkuk, arguing that Iraq's future stab...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
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[2009] ©2009 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century
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Summary: |
With immense oil reserves and a diverse population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens, Kirkuk's history has been scarred by interethnic violence and state-sponsored ethnic cleansing. This book offers a dispassionate analysis of the struggle for control of Kirkuk, arguing that Iraq's future stability depends on resolving the crisis in this region. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | 20 illus. |
ISBN: | 9780812206043 |
Index Number: | DS79 |
CLC: | K377.8 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Kirkuk before Iraq -- Chapter 2. Kirkuk in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3. The Post-2003 Iraqi Context -- Chapter 4. The Turkmen Perspective The Demise of a Formerly Dominant Community -- Chapter 5. The Kurdish Perspective Gaining Jerusalem -- Chapter 6. The Arab Perspective Applying the Old Rules -- Chapter 7. The Kurds Ascendant -- Chapter 8. The Kurds Triumphant -- Chapter 9. The Kurds Denied -- Chapter 10. The Struggle for Kirkuk: Problems of Process -- Chapter 11. The Struggle for Kirkuk Problems of Final Status -- Chapter 12. The Struggle for Kirkuk Future Governance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- People Interviewed -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |