Acknowledgements Preface by Michael Ignatieff Glossary Abbreviations Maps 1. The Kurdish Uprising 2. Kurdish Realpolitik and the Failed Uprising 3. Summer of the 'Safe Haven' 4. Waiting in the Cold 5. The Fratricidal War 6. The Dirty War in Turkey 7. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Sabotage of the Enclave 8. The War of the Colours 9. Turkey: Only a Military Solution 10. Kurdish Women: Identity and Purpose 11. The International Community and the Kurdish Question Postscript: Beyond Fratricide? Appendix: Seventy Years of Military Rule in Kurdistan Authorised by Turkish Law Select Bibliography Index
An examination of the guerrilla war in Kurdistan, and the policies pursued by Turkey, Iraq and Iran to deal with the Kurdish people.
Sheri Laizer is a writer, poet, and film researcher as well as a respected authority on Kurdistan and the Kurdish struggle. Her other works include Into Kurdistan: Frontiers Under Fire (Zed Books, 1991). She is a respected authority on Kurdistan and the Kurdish struggle.
A comprehensive account of the troubles of the Kurds since the end
of the Gulf War, it is enlivened by much vivid description, fruit
of the author's many visits to Iraqi and Turkish Kurdistan.
*The Guardian*
/i>'One of the most knowledgeable contemporary writers about the
Kurds. Her passion and commitment shine through this absorbing and
rich book.
*Andrew Whiteley, former director of Middle East Watch*
Laizer's skilfull and sensitive discussion of the question of
Kurdish women in society is particularly welcome.
*David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds*
If you care about the Kurds, please read this book. It is the most
vivid, detailed, up-to-date and passionate account of their
struggle.
*Michael Ignatieff*
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