Format:
Online-Ressource (312 p)
ISBN:
9780812241761
Series Statement:
National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century
Content:
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.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Part I Kirkuk and Its Environs -- 1 Kirkuk before Iraq -- 2 Kirkuk in the Twentieth Century -- Part II Three EthnopoliticalPerspectives -- 3 The Post-2003 Iraqi Context -- 4 The Turkmen Perspective: The Demise of a Formerly Dominant Community -- 5 The Kurdish Perspective: Gaining ''Jerusalem'' -- 6 The Arab Perspective: Applying the Old Rules -- Part III The Postwar Strugglefor Kirkuk -- 7 The Kurds Ascendant -- 8 The Kurds Triumphant -- 9 The Kurds Denied -- Part IV The Future of Kirkuk Dimensions of Compromise -- 10 The Struggle for Kirkuk: Problems of Process -- 11 The Struggle for Kirkuk: Problems of Final Status -- 12 The Struggle for Kirkuk: Future Governance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- List of People Interviewed -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Part I Kirkuk and Its Environs""; ""1 Kirkuk before Iraq""; ""2 Kirkuk in the Twentieth Century""; ""Part II Three EthnopoliticalPerspectives""; ""3 The Post-2003 Iraqi Context""; ""4 The Turkmen Perspective: The Demise of a Formerly Dominant Community""; ""5 The Kurdish Perspective: Gaining ''Jerusalem''""; ""6 The Arab Perspective: Applying the Old Rules""; ""Part III The Postwar Strugglefor Kirkuk""; ""7 The Kurds Ascendant""; ""8 The Kurds Triumphant""; ""9 The Kurds Denied""; ""Part IV The Future of Kirkuk Dimensions of Compromise""
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""10 The Struggle for Kirkuk: Problems of Process """"11 The Struggle for Kirkuk: Problems of Final Status""; ""12 The Struggle for Kirkuk: Future Governance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""List of People Interviewed""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments ""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812206043
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812241761
Additional Edition:
Print version Crisis in Kirkuk : The Ethnopolitics of Conflict and Compromise
Language:
English
Keywords:
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