The struggle for Kirkuk
Subtitle: the rise of Hussein, oil, and the death of tolerance in Iraq
By: Henry D. Astarjian.
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780275995898
Subjects: Astarjian, Henry D; Karkūk (Iraq) -- History; Kurds -- Iraq -- Karkūk -- History; Karkūk (Iraq) -- Ethnic relations -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Kirkuk; title: Kurds, Turkomans, Arabs, and the others; title: From tranquility to conflict; title: A Communist offensive; title: Mr. Chapman, A.J.B. Chapman; title: Soviet plans for Baba Gurgur; title: Communism and the youth; title: 1948; title: IPC and us; title: The dawn of the Kurdish era; title: Western trajectory; title: Fermenting coups; title: Morning of July 14, 1958; title: Turmoil of the 1940s; title: Kirkuk, the Jerusalem of Iraq; title: Kurdistan; title: A disastrous task; title: A long journey; title: Room 11; title: Courts, Kurds, and the Communist; title: Triumphs and defeats; title: Baghdad; title: Wind of change; title: A u-turn; title: More turmoil; title: "Your destiny is charted for you in the minute you are born"; title: A chitchat; title: Index.