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Crisis in Kirkuk : The Ethnopolitics of Conflict and Compromise.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (311 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812206043
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crisis in KirkukDDC classification:
  • 957.704431
LOC classification:
  • DS79.9.K37 -- A53 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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 -- 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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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