Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence
Author:   Aliza Marcus
Publisher:   New York University Press
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Pages:   363
Publication Date:   01 April 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Aliza Marcus
Publisher:   New York University Press
Imprint:   New York University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780814795873


ISBN 10:   0814795870
Pages:   363
Publication Date:   01 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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A Note to ReadersAcronyms Introduction Prologue I Ocalan, Kurds, and the PKK's Start1 The Origins of the PKK, 1949-1976 2 Abdullah Ocalan, Leader, 1975-1980 3 The Flight to Survive, 1980-1982 4 On the Road to War, 1982-1984 II The PKK Consolidates Power5 Loyalty and Violence, 1985-19906 The Struggle to Succeed, 1985-1990 7 The Deluge, 1988-1991 III PKK Militants Fight for Control8 War in the Streets, 1991-1992 9 Fueling the War, 1992-1993 10 Mixing War and Politics, 1991-1993 11 Change in Fortunes, 1993-1997vIV Ocalan's Capture and After12 The Decline, 1995-1998 23913 Searching for a New Way, 1995-1998 14 Ocalan, Caught by Surprise, 1998-1999 15 The PKK Saves Itself, 1999-2007 Conclusion Timeline Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Blood and Belief offers unusual insight into the rebels' shadowy universe and, by extension, into Turkey's festering Kurdish problem... [A] scholarly, gripping account. The Economist Gives meaning and context to the grinding guerrilla war that claimed tens of thousands of lives. Boston Globe Generates empathy--not for the murderous Ocalan, but for the desperate Kurds who joined the PKK revolution feeling they had nowhere else to turn. Washington Post Book World


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Aliza Marcus is the author of Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence. She is formerly an international correspondent for The Boston Globe and lives in Washington, D.C. Marcus covered the PKK for more than eight years, first as a freelance reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, and later as a staff writer for Reuters, receiving a National Press Club Award for her reporting. She is also a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant for her work.

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