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The Kurds and US foreign policy : international relations in the Middle East since 1945
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This book provides a detailed survey and analysis of US-Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the eng...
This book provides a detailed survey and analysis of US-Kurdish relations and their interaction with domestic, regional and global politics. Using the Kurdish issue to explore the nature of the engagement between international powers and weaker non-state entities, the author analyses the existence of an interactive US relationship with the Kurds of Iraq.Drawing on governmental archives and interviews with political figures both in Northern Iraq and the United States, the author places the case study within a broader International Relations context. The conceptual framework centres on
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- Creator
- Marianna Charountaki
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1136906924, 1282930192, 9786612930195, 0203842618, 1138788996, 0415587530
- OCLC
- ocn741356655, ocn693772777
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; MAPS; 1 Introduction; 2 The multifaceted nature of the Kurdish Issue; 3 US foreign policy: structures, determinants and pressures; 4 US foreign policy towards the Kurds, 1945-90; 5 US foreign policy towards the Kurds, 1991-2003; 6 US and the Kurds in the Post-Saddam era (2003-9); 7 Conceptual implications and general conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index