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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	November 2018
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq / Iraq War / Islamic Studies / Middle Eastern history / Nationalism / POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy / POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern
ISBN:	9781788313971
EAN-Code:	9781788313971
Verlag:	I.B. Tauris
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 216 mm / B 138 mm / D
Gewicht:	456 gr
Seiten:	256
Illustration:	13 bw in 8pp plates, Karten
Zus. Info:	Hardback
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Inhalt:

The twentieth century saw dramatic changes in the once Kurd-dominated Kirkuk region of Iraq. Despite having repeatedly relied on the Kurdish population of Iraq for military support, on three occasions the United States have abandoned their supposed allies in Kirkuk. The Great Betrayal provides a political and diplomatic history of the Kirkuk region and its international relations from the 1920s to the present day. Based on first-hand interviews and previously unseen sources, it provides an accessible account of a region at the very heart of America's foreign policy priorities in the Middle East. In September 2017, Iraqi Kurdistan held an independence referendum, intended to be a starting point on negotiations with the Iraqi Government in Baghdad on the terms of a friendly divorce. Though the US, Turkey, and Iran opposed it, the referendum passed with 93% of the vote. Rather than negotiate, Iraq's Prime Minister Heider al-Abadi issued an ultimatum and then attacked the region. Iraq's Kurdish population have been abandoned, once again, by their supposed allies in the US. In this book, David L. Phillips reveals the failings of America's policies towards Kirkuk and the devastating effects of betraying an ally.