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    The best books on The Kurds, recommended by Peter W. Galbraith

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    The best books on The Kurds - My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Family's Past by Ariel Sabar

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    My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Family's Past
    by Ariel Sabar

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    The best books on The Kurds - A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall

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    A Modern History of the Kurds
    by David McDowall

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    The best books on The Kurds - Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence by Aliza Marcus

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    Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence
    by Aliza Marcus

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    The best books on The Kurds - A Problem from Hell by Samantha Power

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    A Problem from Hell
    by Samantha Power

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    The best books on The Kurds - Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East by Quil Lawrence

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    Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East
    by Quil Lawrence

The best books on The Kurds, recommended by Peter W. Galbraith

The Kurds lost 11,000 lives fighting Islamic State and hoped the West would support them in their quest for nationhood. But as the Kurdish saying goes, ‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains.’ Author and diplomat Peter W. Galbraith, a longtime advocate of the Kurdish people, recommends the best books on the Kurds—and predicts that one day there will be an independent Kurdistan.

    The best books on The Syrian Civil War, recommended by Nikolaos van Dam

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    The best books on The Syrian Civil War - Sectarianism in Syria's Civil War by Fabrice Balanche

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    Sectarianism in Syria's Civil War
    by Fabrice Balanche

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    The best books on The Syrian Civil War - Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad by David Lesch

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    Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad
    by David Lesch

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    The best books on The Syrian Civil War - The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East  by Christopher Phillips

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    The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East 
    by Christopher Phillips

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    The best books on The Syrian Civil War - The Syrian Jihad by Charles Lister

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    The Syrian Jihad
    by Charles Lister

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    The best books on The Syrian Civil War - The Alawis of Syria: War, Faith and Politics in the Levant Michael Kerr and Craig Larkin (Eds)

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    The Alawis of Syria: War, Faith and Politics in the Levant
    Michael Kerr and Craig Larkin (Eds)

The best books on The Syrian Civil War, recommended by Nikolaos van Dam

Few who knew Syria well doubted that the revolution that started in 2011 would lead to a bloodbath. But rather than helping, foreign intervention turned it into an even bigger catastrophe. Syria specialist Nikolaos van Dam recommends books that shed light on Syria’s tragic civil war.

    The best books on Syria, recommended by Nikolaos van Dam

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    The best books on Syria - Asad by Patrick Seale

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    Asad
    by Patrick Seale

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    The best books on Syria - Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics by Hanna Batatu

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    Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics
    by Hanna Batatu

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    The best books on Syria - The Mirror of my Life [Mir'at Hayati] by General Mustafa Talas

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    The Mirror of my Life [Mir'at Hayati]
    by General Mustafa Talas

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    The best books on Syria - Fragments of Memory by Hanna Mina

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    Fragments of Memory
    by Hanna Mina

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    The best books on Syria - Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City by Brigid Keenan

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    Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City
    by Brigid Keenan

The best books on Syria, recommended by Nikolaos van Dam

The veteran Dutch diplomat, Nikolaos van Dam, explains why meaningful political change in Syria will be difficult to achieve – and warns that any move towards democracy is likely to be accompanied by severe sectarian tension.

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