1. Introduction: Kurdish identity and social formation. Book I The Kurds in the age of tribe and empire: 2. Kurdistan before the 19th century; 3. Ottoman Kurdistan, 1800-1850; 4. Ottoman Kurdistan, 1850-1914; 5. The Qajars and the Kurdis; 6. Revolution, nationalism and war, 1908-1918. Book II Incorporating the Kurds: 7. Redrawing the map: the partition of Ottoman Kurdistan; 8. The Kurds, Britain and Iraq; 9. Incorporating Turkey's Kurds; 10. The Kurds under Reza Shah. Book III Ethno-nationalism in Iran: 11. Tribe or Ethnicity? The Mahabad Republic; 12. Iran: Creating a National movement; 13. Subjects of the Shi'i republic. Book IV Ethno-nationalism in Iraq: 14. The birth of a nationalist movement under Hashimite Rule; 15. The Kurds in revolutionary Iraq; 16. The Kurds under the Baath, 1968-1975; 17. The road to genocide, 1975-1988; 18. Uprising and self-rule. Book V Ethno-nationalism in Turkey: 19. The Kurdish national revival in Turkey, 1946-1979; 20. The PKK and the mass movement. Afterword: Retrospect and prospect. Appendix: The treaty of Sevres.
David McDowall is an acknowledged expert on the Kurds and author of Palestine and Israel: The Uprising and Beyond (IBT 1989).
'McDowall skillfully combines [interviews and primary sources] with a profound analysis of Kurdish politics and history, guided by professional sincerity, without failing to engage himself and the reader in the fate of the Kurds, their level of human suffering... McDowall manages with a great success to anlayze both external and internal forces and decisions that have influenced and shaped the conditions... This is an irreplaceable book for those who are interested in Kurdish studies... this is the best available book on contemporary Kurdish political history.' -Khalid Salih, Digest of Middle East Studies '...excellent overview of Kurdish history... the first comprehensive study in English; as such, it's an impressive and important achievement.' -Stephen Howe, New Statesman '...the first significant book in the English language to concentrate on the modern history of the Kurds... when I wish to refresh my memory on a certain period or check an aspect of Kurdish history, this will be the first work I take from the shelf.' Christine Allison, Asian Affairs
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