| The Miracle of the Kurds: A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq Contributor(s): Mansfield, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617950793 ISBN-13: 9781617950797 Publisher: Worthy Books OUR PRICE: $34.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - Social Science | Regional Studies - History | Middle East - Iraq |
| Dewey: 956.7 |
| LCCN: 2014944654 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.26" W x 9.55" (0.99 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield was witness to much of the modern history of the Kurds. In this riveting account, Mansfield movingly tells the stories of the people who have fashioned one of the greatest economic and cultural resurrections in human history. They are the largest people group in the world without a homeland of their own. Despised and persecuted the world over, they even call themselves the people without a friend. Saddam Hussein tried to wipe them from the face of the earth, killing several hundred thousand of them in the attempt. Their sufferings have become legend. They are the Kurds, descendants of the ancient Medes best known today from the pages of the Bible -- inhabitants of what the world now calls Northern Iraq. Yet today the Kurds are rebuilding so brilliantly from war and oppression that even their enemies call it a miracle. Six star hotels stand where bombs once fell, shopping malls and gleaming schools rise where massacres once occurred. National Geographic and Conde Nast have listed modern Kurdistan as a must-see tourist destination. |