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

Gunter, Michael M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558766413 ISBN 13: 9781558766419

Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

The Kurds are America's most reliable allies in the fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, in a region whose other actors have shifting interests and loyalties. Michael Gunter provides a timely overview and places the Kurds' role in its historical and geographical context.

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Review:

"Michael Gunter, the doyen of Kurdish political studies in the United States, . . . has briskly condensed his three decades of scholarly engagement into a precis that can safely be put into the hands of both the student and the diplomat." --Journal of Politics

"Michael Gunter's well-structured monograph is an exceptionally accessible study of the Kurds and should be considered a mandatory read for undergraduate students with an interest in international relations. . . . Enormously valuable and readable. --Kurdish Studies

"Michael Gunter clarifies a complex web of relations among Kurdish political groups, Middle Eastern states, and Western powers. His active engagement in Kurdish issues for the last few decades includes meeting with PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Damascus in 1998, attending the Kurdish Democratic Party Congress in 1993, and meeting with the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, Mostafa Hejri, in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2012. It is great reading for students, scholars, and anyone else interested in understanding the Kurds' rising influence in the Middle East. ... Useful for policy makers in Washington, Ankara, Tehran, Baghdad, and Damascus. -- Middle East Policy

About this edition

• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1558766413
• ISBN 13: 9781558766419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330