A road unforeseen : women fight the Islamic State

Book 2016

Recounts the history of the Syrian Rojava Kurds, a democratic secular society whose all-women militia was instrumental in the mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged by the Islamic State in Iraq.

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Militia movements Syria

Syria History Civil War, 2011-

Women soldiers Syria

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ISBN:

9781942658108
1942658109

Description:

335 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-319) and index

Contents:

Introduction: A road unforeseen
The Kurds
Separated at birth
Insurrection and genocide
The people take up the struggle
Kurdish women rising
Democratic autonomy in Turkey and Syria
The battle of Kobane and its backlash
The birth of Daesh
Daesh vs. Kobane
War and peace in Turkey
Coda: Some questions remain

Control Number:

1714984

Other Authors:

L., Joey (Lawrence), photographer

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