The Kurds
In: Genocide and Persecution Ser
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- World Map -- Chronology -- Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Kurds -- Chapter Exercises -- Viewpoint 1 An Overview of the Kurds -- Viewpoint 2 Turkey's 1934 Settlement Law Targets Non-Turks Including Kurds -- Viewpoint 3 The Kurds Hoped for Equality and Peace on the Eve of Iraq's Independence -- Viewpoint 4 Turkey's Kurds Feel Fustrated and Bitter -- Viewpoint 5 Saddam Hussein is Accused of Using Poison Gas Against the Kurds -- Viewpoint 6 The Kurds Rebel in Iraq and Turkey After The Gulf War -- Viewpoint 7 Kurdish Graves Are Exhumed in Iraq -- Viewpoint 8 Kurds and Shia Muslims Vote Together in Post-Saddam Iraq -- Chapter 2 Controversies Surrounding the Kurds -- Chapter Exercises -- Viewpoint 1 Saddam Hussein's Actions Against the Kurds Constitute Genocide -- Viewpoint 2 Saddam Hussein's Actions Against the Kurds were Horrific, But Do Not Consititue Genocide -- Viewpoint 3 The Kurds Should Be Granted an Independent State -- Viewpoint 4 It Is Too Risky to Set Up an Independent State for the Kurds -- Viewpoint 5 The United States Has Nobly Protected Weaker Nations and Groups Like the Kurds -- Viewpoint 6 Chapter Three: Saddam Hussein's American Train -- Viewpoint 7 Iraqi Arabs Flock to Kurdistan -- Viewpoint 8 Kurdistan After Saddam Hussein Is Still Dependent on Foreign Support -- Viewpoint 9 Kurdistan After Saddam Hussein Is a Violent Gangster State -- Viewpoint 10 Turkish Actions Against Kurds Consititue Genocide -- Viewpoint 11 Turkey Has Not Mistreated the Kurds -- Viewpoint 12 The Kurdish Language and Culture Are Still Under Threat in Turkey -- Chapter 3 Personal Narratives -- Chapter Exercises -- Viewpoint 1 A Kurd Who Grew Up In Turkey Laments the Denial of His Cultural Identity