The Kurds

Title explores genocide and persecution of the Kurds, including the historical/cultural background of Kurdish persecution in Turkey and Iraq events from the rise of the communist People's Republic of China in 1949 to the present; issues surrounding events such as Saddam Hussein's persecution of the Kurds in Iraq; Turkey's treatment of the Kurdish people; and the pros and cons of establishing an independent state for the Kurds; and includes personal narratives from people touched by the events including Kurdish survivors of Saddam Hussein's poison gas attacks and a Turkish Kurd who laments the denial of his cultural identity.