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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Main Authors: Anderson, Liam
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Stansfield, Gareth
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2009]
©2009
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812206043
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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.