After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?: My Encounters With Kurdistan - Hardcover

Randal, Jonathan C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374102007 ISBN 13: 9780374102005

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1997

Synopsis

A firsthand account of the past and present history of the Kurds of the Middle East traces the power politics of the area

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Synopsis

Throughout the Kurds history, world powers have promised to help them achieve autonomy, and each time the Kurds have been betrayed. But they are also masters of betrayal. In this book, Jonathan Randal takes us behind the headlines to the inner story of power politics in the Middle East. His sympathetic knowledge of Kurdish history and his unparalleled access to Kurdish leaders and to diplomats, ministers, intelligence agents, warriors, and journalists makes him the only writer able to get this story for us and discover the truth. }Years ago, noting that Kurdsthe largest ethnic group in the world without their own countrywere involved in every major story he covered in Iran, Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iraq, veteran reporter Jonathan Randal decided to produce this first-hand report on Kurdistan, a shocking, tragic account of diplomacy and politics in the Middle East, and a gripping adventure story about being a war reporter in the 1990s. Throughout the Kurds history, world powers have promised to help them achieve autonomy, and each time the Kurds have been betrayed.

But they are also masters of betrayal: Randal, recording their talent for vehement internecine warfare and their gift for friendship, takes us behind the headlines to the inner story of power politics in the Middle East. His sympathetic knowledge of Kurdish history and his unparalleled access to Kurdish leaders and to diplomats, ministers, intelligence agents, warriors, and journalists makes him the only writer able to get this story for us and discover the truth. }

About the Author

Jonathan C. Randal worked for years as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, then for three decades as roving correspondent for the Washington Post. This book is the result of thirty years of his research, including numerous trips into Kurdistan. He lives in Paris.

Edition details

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374102007
• ISBN 13: 9780374102005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356