The Kurds of Iraq: Building a State within a State

Abstract

The evolution of Kurdish nationalism -- The long road to Kurdish autonomy -- Paved with good intentions -- Unholy alliances -- Deteriorating relationships -- Marginalizing the Kurds -- An imposed autonomy -- A time for war -- Interregnum -- "One war begets another" : the Iran-Iraq war -- Rising from the ashes -- The birth pangs of Kurdish self-rule -- Uncivil war in Kurdistan -- The foreign relations imbroglio -- From victims to victors -- The great leap forward in post-Saddam Iraq -- "No friends but the mountains" reconsidered.