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050 00 $aDS59.K86$bK34 1994
082 00 $a956/.0049159$220
100 1 $aKashi, Ed.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93124151
245 10 $aWhen the borders bleed :$bthe struggle of the Kurds /$cphotographs by Ed Kashi ; introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $a140 pages :$bchiefly color illustrations, color map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-140).
520 $aThroughout their history, the Kurdish people have been the victims of geopolitics. Caught in the middle of wars and conflicts in the oil-rich territory where the borders of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey converge, exploited and betrayed first by colonial nations and then by Cold War superpowers, they have most recently endured genocidal campaigns waged against them by Saddam Hussein.
520 8 $aThis stunning visual essay - one hundred photographs taken in locales ranging from Turkey, Iraq, and Israel to Britain and Germany - brings the Kurdish struggle for survival into sharp, powerfully affecting focus. We see the guerrillas training for war, mothers and children living in the bombed-out rubble of their homes, victims of chemical warfare, expatriates in Europe preserving their culture in the face of sometimes violent xenophobia.
520 8 $aAnd in a cogent introduction, Christopher Hitchens traces the little-known history of the Kurds - a narrative filled with oppression, exploitation, and betrayal - helping us understand the legacy that has given rise to the Kurds' desperate self-reliance that finds expression in the adage: "The Kurds have no friends - no friends but the mountains."
650 0 $aKurds$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090513
852 00 $bleh$hDS59.K86$iK34 1994