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050	0	0	_aDS 59.K86 _b.M211 2006
100	1		_aMcKiernan, Kevin. _931080
245	1	4	_aThe Kurds : _ba people in search of their homeland _cKevin McKiernan.
250			_aFirst edition
260			_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2006.
264			_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2006.
264			_c©2006.
300			_ax, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [373]-378) and index.
505			_aPt. 1. The stage is set. -- Viva la Fiesta -- 1991: Secret nation or forgotten enclave? -- A second visit to Kurdistan -- Atrocities -- The leadership -- Illusory borders, part I -- Illusory borders, part II -- pt. 2. War in Turkey. -- Passing down revolution -- Turkey, 1993 -- Turkey, 1995, ground level -- The business of killing -- 60 Minutes -- PKK visit, 1996 -- Well-founded fear of persecution -- pt. 3. War in Iraq. -- 2002: Northern Iraq -- Stranger in my cab -- Fall 2002: six months before the war -- Suly: October 2002 -- A sheikh in a suit -- Ansar al-Islam -- Palace Hotel -- Al-Qaeda in Kurdistan? -- WMD and tipsters -- Ashti Hotel -- Abducted scientists -- Kurds reign in the press -- End game -- Friendly fire on an April morning -- The war in Kurdistan -- Road to Tikrit and home -- pt. 4. Victory. -- One year later: return to Iraq -- Karzan at home -- Kirkuk and Civil War -- Spies and Blame -- The dodger -- After Halabja.
520			_aA portrait of historical and modern Kurdish culture describes their victimization under Saddam Hussein's rule, role in the new order under president Jalal Talabani, and struggles as a people who have been tortured for their beliefs and denied their homeland.
600	1	0	_aMcKiernan, Kevin. _931080
650		0	_aKurds _xEthnic identity. _931081
650		0	_aKurds _zIraq. _931082
650		0	_aKurds _zTurkey. _931083
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