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020			_abook1
024	7		_a10.31374/book1 _2doi
040			_aoapen _coapen
041	0		_aeng
042			_adc
072		7	_aHBW _2bicssc
100	1		_aVestenskov, David _4auth _91596572
245	1	0	_aInternal Kurdish Coherence _bAnalyzing Alliances, Capacities, Threats, and Political Objectives of Kurdish Groups and Parties in Syria and Iraq 2015-2017
260			_aCopenhagen _bScandinavian Military Studies _c2019
300			_a1 electronic resource (85 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aThe Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shocked the world when it entered the world stage in 2014. By seizing large territories in Syria and Iraq, its expansion within the Middle East seemed unrestrainable as the Iraqi Army fell apart and in Syria, various actors were caught up in a bloody civil war in the wake of the Arab spring. With US support, the Syrian and Iraqi Kurds became the main stand against ISIS acting as boots on the ground. The Kurdish success against ISIS in both Syria and Iraq quickly won them acclaim from the West and rendered them the key ally in the continued US-led effort against ISIS. In Western media and among Western decision makers, the Kurds as an entity are highly praised for their role in this fight. In addition, their fight for human rights, gender equality, secular rule, and democracy has also been highlighted as key features in assessing Kurds as a homogeneous entity that almost naturally shares strategic interest with the West. This book, as it sets out to paint a more comprehensive picture of the different Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq, concludes that these groups indeed have very different policy objectives and diverging regional partners of alliance thereby questioning the underlying assumption of a uniformed Kurdish entity. The book makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the political goals, affiliations and rivalries of these important actors and Western allies in the Middle East.
540			_aCreative Commons _fby/4.0 _2cc _uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
546			_aEnglish
650		7	_aMilitary history _2bicssc _946946
653			_aIraq
653			_aIslamic State
653			_aKurdish movements
653			_aNATO
653			_aOperation inherent resolve
653			_aSyria
700	1		_aHj̜ Fierro, Andreas _4auth _91647572
793	0		_aOAPEN Library.
856	4	0	_uhttps://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/9e51100c-9290-4aaa-8a09-0ffcb1964da5/internal-kurdish-coherence.pdf _70 _zOpen Access: OAPEN Library, download the publication
856	4	0	_uhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46701 _70 _zOpen Access: OAPEN Library: description of the publication
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