The Great Betrayal: How America Abandoned the Kurds and Lost the Middle East

by David L. Phillips

The twentieth century saw dramatic changes in the once Kurd-dominated Kirkuk region of Iraq. Despite having repeatedly relied on the Kurdish population of Iraq for military support, on three occasions the United States have abandoned their supposed allies in Kirkuk. The Great Betrayal provides a political and diplomatic history of the Kirkuk region and its international relations from the 1920s to the present day. Based on first-hand interviews and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788313976
• ISBN13: 9781788313971
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"