Description
Book SynopsisDemonstrates the destructive nature of war, ranging from the physical to the psychosocial, as well as war's detrimental effects on the environment. Mehmet Gurses draws on an original survey conducted in Turkey, where the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has been waging an intermittent insurgency for Kurdish self-rule since 1984.
Trade ReviewAnatomy of a Civil War is an outstanding contribution in terms of portraying the transformation that the Kurdish society has experienced in the shadow of this war. Guided by theoretical concerns and written by extensive fieldwork and survey material, this book will be one of the reference books in Kurdish studies in the future."" - Bahar Baser, Coventry University
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Anatomy of a Civil War provides an original empirical account of how conflict impacted individuals' lives and the wider socio-political transformations it has brought about. It is the first quantitative analysis of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, which enables the author to formulate more concrete conclusions."" - Cengiz Gunes, The Open University
