Title: Kurdistan : in the shadow of history /
Authors: Meiselas, Susan.; Bruinessen, Martin van
Publisher: Random House,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Kurds; Kurds Pictorial works.; Kurdistan.; Kurdistan Pictorial works.
Abstract: Attempts to create a national archive for the Kurds through a collection of photographs, documents, articles, memoirs, and other materials that together chronicle the history of the people who have been without a country since Kurdistan was eliminated at the end of World War I.
Contents: Before the Great War: Travelers and missionaries as witness -- From empires to nation-states: Conflicting claims on eastern Turkey. British occupation of Mesopotamia and the creation of Iraq. Resistance to centralization in Iran. Rebellions in Turkey. Under the Iraqi monarchy -- The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad: A Kurdish State -- Uneasy coexistence: Order restored in Iraq. The monarchy consolidates in Iran. Behind the Iron Curtain. Identity contested in Turkey -- Armed struggle for autonomy: The Republic of Iraq. The Islamic revolution in Iran. The military takes control in Turkey -- After the Cold War: From genocide to safe haven in Iraq. Polarization in Turkey -- Epilogue.