Title The great betrayal : how America abandoned the Kurds and lost the Middle East / David L. Phillips

Published London : I.B. Tauris, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents Part I Tragic History -- Sovereignty Denied -- Victims of the Cold War -- Crackdown -- Part II Struggle -- Self-rule -- Dysfunctional Iraq -- A Perfect Storm -- Countdown -- Part III Treachery -- The Referendum -- Kirkuk Crisis -- Elections -- Part IV The Region -- Syria Struggles -- Iran Wins -- Russia Rises Summary "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record SUBJECT Islamischer Staat gnd Subject Kurds -- Iraq -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Diplomatic relations Kurds Politics and government Kurden Bündnis SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq -- Karkūk Karkūk (Iraq) -- Foreign relations -- United States Iraq -- Politics and government -- 20th century Iraq -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject Iraq Iraq -- Karkūk United States USA Irak Syrien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781786725769 1786725762 9781788319058 1788319052

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