Tragedy Assyrian Minority Iraq

ISBN-13: 9780710308931 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str.

R. S. Stafford

Opis

This is a fascinating account of a little known ethnic minority in Iraq. Although the Assyrians, like many minorities in Iraq, lived across many modern national boundaries, they were an unusually well-off group. After the end of the British mandate in Iraq in 1932, however, it was revealed that Moslems were persecuting them. The survivors of the Assyrian people and the remnants of a once great Christian Church lived in the mountains by and large in the north part of Iraq, sometimes straddling the Turkish border.

Spis treści

Preface I Early History II The Great War III Refugees IV The Settlements in Iraq V The Assyrian Levies VI The Assyrians and the League VII The Mar Shimun VIII The End of the Mandate IX The Affair of Yacu X The Syrian Adventure XI The August Massacres XII The Looting of the Villages XIII The Reaction in the Towns XIV The Future of the Assyrians

O autorze

R.S. Stafford, British Army Officer