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The history and politics of Syrian Kurdistan, with a special focus on the revolution in Rojava.

Trade Review
'Preferable to most journalistic accounts that reduce the Rojava revolution to a single narrative. It will remain an informative resource even when the realities have further changed' -- Martin van Bruinessen, Kurdish Studies 3 (2), (2015)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
The Development of Kurdish Parties
1. The Long Struggle for Autonomy
2. Background and Methods of Social Science Research in War
3. Kurds, Arabs, Armenians, and Assyrians: Rojava as Part of the Ethnic Diversity of Syria
4. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Alevi, and Êzîdî: Religious Pluralism in Rojava
5. Kurdistan: Country without a State or Country against the State
6. Syrian Kurdistan under the French Protectorate
7. Kurds in Independent Syria
8. In the Crosshairs of Pan-Arabism: From the United Arab Republic to Ba‘athism
9. Special Census and Statelessness
10. The Kurds under Ba‘athist Rule
11. Between Two Brief Springs: Rojava under Bashar al-Assad
12. The Kurdish Party Landscape
13. From Revolution to Civil War
14. Military Developments since 2012
15. Political Economy in the Civil War
16. The Kurdish Districts of Aleppo
17. The Kurdish Para-State in Rojava
18. Voices from Rojava
19. Conclusion: Rojava, Quo Vadis?
Bibliography
List of Interviews
Notes
Index

Rojava Revolution War and the Future of Syrias

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      Publisher Pluto Press
      Published 20 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9780745337739
      978-0745337739
      ISBN-10 0745337732
      Also in:
      Revolutionary groups and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The history and politics of Syrian Kurdistan, with a special focus on the revolution in Rojava.

      Trade Review
      'Preferable to most journalistic accounts that reduce the Rojava revolution to a single narrative. It will remain an informative resource even when the realities have further changed' -- Martin van Bruinessen, Kurdish Studies 3 (2), (2015)

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Preface to the English Edition
      Preface to the Fourth Edition
      Preface to the Third Edition
      The Development of Kurdish Parties
      1. The Long Struggle for Autonomy
      2. Background and Methods of Social Science Research in War
      3. Kurds, Arabs, Armenians, and Assyrians: Rojava as Part of the Ethnic Diversity of Syria
      4. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Alevi, and Êzîdî: Religious Pluralism in Rojava
      5. Kurdistan: Country without a State or Country against the State
      6. Syrian Kurdistan under the French Protectorate
      7. Kurds in Independent Syria
      8. In the Crosshairs of Pan-Arabism: From the United Arab Republic to Ba‘athism
      9. Special Census and Statelessness
      10. The Kurds under Ba‘athist Rule
      11. Between Two Brief Springs: Rojava under Bashar al-Assad
      12. The Kurdish Party Landscape
      13. From Revolution to Civil War
      14. Military Developments since 2012
      15. Political Economy in the Civil War
      16. The Kurdish Districts of Aleppo
      17. The Kurdish Para-State in Rojava
      18. Voices from Rojava
      19. Conclusion: Rojava, Quo Vadis?
      Bibliography
      List of Interviews
      Notes
      Index

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