An edition of Kurdish Issues
(2016)
Kurdish Issues
Essays in Honor of Robert W. Olson
by Robert W. Olson and Michael M. Gunter
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This volume contains 13 essays, written by a group of distinguished scholars, on the most important issues facing the Kurds today. Subjects covered include politics, economics, ISIS, and number of issues that will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, and the intelligent lay public. Moreover, in delving into the nuances of such themes as ethno-nationalist origins, self-determination, US-KRG relations, democratic autonomy, ISIS, Kobane, the Kurdish Diaspora, Ataturk and Bourguiba, among others, these essays will definitely stand the test of time.
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Kurdish Issues: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Olson
2016, Mazda Publishers
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Kemal Atatürk and Habib Bourguiba : Brothers from Different Mothers? / Michael B. Bishku
Chapter 2. Nationalisme, Contestation Rurale et Bataille de la Civilisation : Repression et Resistance au Kurdistan des Anness 1920-1940 / Hamit Bozarslan
Chapter 3. Behind the Front Lines : Kobani, Legitimacy, and Kurdish Diaspora Mobilization / Vera Eccarius-Kelly
Chapter 4. The Promises and Limits of Legal Mechanisms : The Case of Kurdish Self-determination / Nader Entessar
Chapter 5. Kurdish Political Activism in Turkey : An Overview / Cengiz Gunes
Chapter 6. Colonialism, Self-Determination and Independence : The New PKK Paradigm / Joost Jongerden
Chapter 7. Realistic Strategies for Combatting ISIS / Till F. Paasche, Mohammed M.A. Ahmed, and Michael M. Gunter
Chapter 8. Relations between the United States and Iraqi Kurdistan / David Romano and Rikar Hussein
Chapter 9. Will the Kurds Save Turkey? / Michael Rubin
Chapter 10. The PKK as the Lesser of Two Evils? Kurds, Islamists and the Battle for Kobani / Eva Savelsberg
Chapter 11. The Kurds and Crafting of the National Selves / Kamal Soleimani
Chapter 12. Beyond the Dichotomy of Accommodation Versus Resistance : the Kurdish Minority in Iraq and Syria in Long-Term and Comparative Perspectives, 1920-2015 / Jordi Tejel
Chapter 13. Reflections on Kurdish Society and Politics in Rojhelat : An Overview / Abbas Vali.
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Includes bibliographical references.
In English; with one essay in French.
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