Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century

by Sargon Donabed

Book Overview

Who are the Assyrians and what role did they play in shaping modern Iraq? Were they simply bystanders, victims of collateral damage who played a passive role in the history of Iraq? And how have they negotiated their position throughout various periods of Iraq's state-building processes?
This book details the narrative and history of Iraq in the 20th century and reinserts the Assyrian experience as an integral part of Iraq's broader contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474412122
• ISBN13: 9781474412124
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"