David L. Phillips is director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University's Institute, USA for the Study of Human Rights. Phillips served as foreign affairs expert and senior adviser to the US Department of State during the administrations of presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. He is the author of From Bullets to Ballots. Bernard Kouchner is a French politician. From 2007 until 2010 he was the foreign minister of France. He is the cofounder of Doctors without Borders.

"Clearly written from a human rights perspective, The Kurdish Spring stands as a most-needed and refreshing guide for anybody politically and academically interested in this precarious moment for Kurds, peoples of the Middle East, and elsewhere." - Kurdish Studies, 2016, Volume 4, No. 1 "[T]he most concise account on the history of the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran since David McDowall's seminal book 'A Modern History of the Kurds' ... It is an updated, a very fresh information arsenal on the Kurdish issue and Kurdish history. There is no doubt that it will take its rightful place on the bookshelves of everyone around the world concerned with the issues of the Middle East." - Cengiz Candar, Al-Monitor "The Kurdish Spring gives the reader excellent insight into an important group in a difficult region of the world... a great read." - Don Delauter, The Voice of North Carolina

• Part 1; 1: Betrayal; 2: Abuse; 2: Kurds in Iraq; 3: Kurds in Turkey; 4: Kurds in Syria; 5: Kurds in Iran; 3: Progress; 6: Self-Rule in Iraq; 7: The Imrali Peace Process; 8: From Syria’s Ashes; 9: The Second Iranian Revolution; 4: Peril and Opportunity; 10: The End of Iraq; 11: International Response; 12: The Path to Independence; List of Abbreviations

David L. Phillips is director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University's Institute, USA for the Study of Human Rights. Phillips served as foreign affairs expert and senior adviser to the US Department of State during the administrations of presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. He is the author of From Bullets to Ballots. Bernard Kouchner is a French politician. From 2007 until 2010 he was the foreign minister of France. He is the cofounder of Doctors without Borders.

"Clearly written from a human rights perspective, The Kurdish Spring stands as a most-needed and refreshing guide for anybody politically and academically interested in this precarious moment for Kurds, peoples of the Middle East, and elsewhere." - Kurdish Studies, 2016, Volume 4, No. 1 "[T]he most concise account on the history of the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran since David McDowall's seminal book 'A Modern History of the Kurds' ... It is an updated, a very fresh information arsenal on the Kurdish issue and Kurdish history. There is no doubt that it will take its rightful place on the bookshelves of everyone around the world concerned with the issues of the Middle East." - Cengiz Candar, Al-Monitor "The Kurdish Spring gives the reader excellent insight into an important group in a difficult region of the world... a great read." - Don Delauter, The Voice of North Carolina

• Part 1; 1: Betrayal; 2: Abuse; 2: Kurds in Iraq; 3: Kurds in Turkey; 4: Kurds in Syria; 5: Kurds in Iran; 3: Progress; 6: Self-Rule in Iraq; 7: The Imrali Peace Process; 8: From Syria’s Ashes; 9: The Second Iranian Revolution; 4: Peril and Opportunity; 10: The End of Iraq; 11: International Response; 12: The Path to Independence; List of Abbreviations

David L. Phillips is director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University's Institute, USA for the Study of Human Rights. Phillips served as foreign affairs expert and senior adviser to the US Department of State during the administrations of presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. He is the author of From Bullets to Ballots. Bernard Kouchner is a French politician. From 2007 until 2010 he was the foreign minister of France. He is the cofounder of Doctors without Borders.

"Clearly written from a human rights perspective, The Kurdish Spring stands as a most-needed and refreshing guide for anybody politically and academically interested in this precarious moment for Kurds, peoples of the Middle East, and elsewhere." - Kurdish Studies, 2016, Volume 4, No. 1 "[T]he most concise account on the history of the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran since David McDowall's seminal book 'A Modern History of the Kurds' ... It is an updated, a very fresh information arsenal on the Kurdish issue and Kurdish history. There is no doubt that it will take its rightful place on the bookshelves of everyone around the world concerned with the issues of the Middle East." - Cengiz Candar, Al-Monitor "The Kurdish Spring gives the reader excellent insight into an important group in a difficult region of the world... a great read." - Don Delauter, The Voice of North Carolina

• Part 1; 1: Betrayal; 2: Abuse; 2: Kurds in Iraq; 3: Kurds in Turkey; 4: Kurds in Syria; 5: Kurds in Iran; 3: Progress; 6: Self-Rule in Iraq; 7: The Imrali Peace Process; 8: From Syria’s Ashes; 9: The Second Iranian Revolution; 4: Peril and Opportunity; 10: The End of Iraq; 11: International Response; 12: The Path to Independence; List of Abbreviations