Kurds: A Concise Handbook

by Mehrdad R. Izady

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Batuhan Erdogan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Izady lost me at the "Kurdish Pontus Empire" at first, but reconsidering this not as a dry academic report on the phenomenon we now call Kurds but an active part of the nation-building thereof, you know what, he actually makes sense. Approach this book with the intention of reading something more akin to a manifesto than a travel guide...

[Can Uğurpala · Rating 3 out of 5]

Önemli bilgilerin yanında abartılı yorumlar var. Propaganda ile tarih iç içe geçmiş

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good early handbook on a people among whom I used to live. I found the review useful to tie up loose ends of the basic knowledge I had had for many years. It's good to read about places where you've lived. Having lived there in relative ignorance then summarized and updated for you by a scholar gives you a rounded, wholistic concept of your experience.