A road unforeseen
Subtitle: women fight the Islamic State
By: Meredith Tax ; photographs by Joey L.
Contributors: L., Joey (Lawrence), photographer
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781942658108
Subjects: Militia movements; Women soldiers; IS (Organization); History
Description: Recounts the history of the Syrian Rojava Kurds, a democratic secular society whose all-women militia was instrumental in the mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged by the Islamic State in Iraq.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A road unforeseen; title: The Kurds; title: Separated at birth; title: Insurrection and genocide; title: The people take up the struggle; title: Kurdish women rising; title: Democratic autonomy in Turkey and Syria; title: The battle of Kobane and its backlash; title: The birth of Daesh; title: Daesh vs. Kobane; title: War and peace in Turkey; title: Some questions remain.