The Kurds in Iraq

This new edition of The Kurds in Iraq brings the book fully up-to-date in the light of recent events in Iraq, and the ever-present danger of civil war.

Yildiz explores the impact of occupation and escalating violence. There is an entirely new chapter on Kirkuk, which continues to be of major strategic interest to the various powers in the region. There is also a new chapter on insurgency and sectarianism that examines the motivations behind the insurgency, the tactics that are used, and outlines possible ways to deal with it.

The book is a unique account of the problems that all political groups face in bringing stability to the country, as well as exploring Kurdish links and international relations in the broader sense. It should be required reading for policy-makers and anyone interested in the current position of the Kurds in Iraq.

Auteur

Kerim Yildiz is the Chief Executive of the Kurdish Human Rights Project, a human rights organisation securing redress for survivors of human rights violations and to preventing future abuses. A Kurd and former refugee from political persecution, he is a spokesperson for issues of human rights, minority rights and international law. He is the author of The Future of Kurdistan (Pluto, 2011) and The Kurds in Iraq (Pluto, 2007).

Contenu
Foreword
Map of the area inhabited by Kurds
Introduction
PART I: THE PAST

1. The Kurds
2. The Treaty of Sèvres and the Creation of Iraq
3. The Kurds Under Barzani
4. The Anfal Campaigns
5. The First Gulf War: From Uprising to Democracy
6. Democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan
7. Human Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan
8. The Displacement of Kurds in Iraq
9. Economic/Humanitarian Affairs in Iraqi Kurdistan
10. The Kurds Have no Friends but the Mountains
11. US Foreign Policy towards Saddam: Pre-September
    PART II: THE PRESENT
12. The Road to War
13. The Second Gulf War: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'
14. Current Executive Structure in Iraq
15. Insurgency and Sectarianism
16. Current Legal and Human Rights Issues
17. The Question of Autonomy
18. The Anfal Campaigns: The War Crimes Tribunal
19. The Continuing Problem of Internal Displacement
20. Current Economic/Humanitarian Issues in Iraqi Kurdistan
    PART III: THE FUTURE
21. Self-Determination and Autonomy
22. Kirkuk
23. The Tribunal and the Victims
24. The Land Question
    Appendix I:
    Appendix II:
    Appendix III:
    Notes
    Index