Kurdistan

Introduction by Susan Meiselas

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

POSTSCRIPT, TEN YEARS LATER
 
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS TRANSLATED INTO SORANI BY CHOMAN HARDI
 
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS TRANSLATED INTO TURKISH BY KUMRU TOKTAMIS
 
BIOGRAPHIES  
 
GLOSSARY  
 
SOURCES CITED AND SUGGESTED READING  
 
INDEX  
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  
 
ERRATA