A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts: Journeys in Kurdistan - Christiane Bird - Google Books

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Though the Kurds played a major military and tactical role in the United States’ recent war with Iraq, most of us know little about this fiercely independent, long-marginalized people. Now acclaimed journalist Christiane Bird, who riveted readers with her…