Robert Olson
The Goat and The Butcher: Nationalism and State Formation in Kurdistan-lraq since the Iraqi War
Mazda
Mazda Publishers The Goat and The Butcher: Nationalism and State Formation in Kurdistan-lraq since the Iraqi War Robert Olson
About the Author Robert Olson is a professor of politics and history at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
The Goat and the Butcher
Kurdish Studies Series No. 6
Editorial Board
Robert Olson, General Editor University of Kentucky
Shahrzad Mojab University of Toronto
Amir Hassanpour University of Toronto
Mazda Publishers + Costa Mesa, California + 2005
Publication of this book was made possible in part by a grant from the Iranica Institute (www. iranicainstitute.org) and by a generous contribution from The A. K. Jabbari Trust
Mazda Publishers, Inc. Academic Publishers Since 1980 P.O. Box 2603 Costa Mesa, California 92628 U.S.A. www.mazdapub.com
Copyright © 2005 by Robert W. Olson All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Translation of this work without the written consent of the publisher is prohibited.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Olson, Robert W. The Goat and the Butcher: Nationalism and State Formation in Kurdistan-Iraq since the Iraqi War/ Robert Olson, p.cm.—(Kurdish Studies Series; No. 6)
ISBN: 1-56859-186-1 (hard cover, alk. paper)
1. Nationalism. 2. Kurdistan—Politics and government. 3. Iraq—Politics and government—2003- 4. Iraq War, 2003. 5. Kurds—Iraq. 6. Iraq—Ethnic relations. I. Title. II. Series. DS59.K86O47 2005 320.54'09567'2090511—dc22 2005050853
To Silas The fifth generation, that he may know and appreciate the peoples, cultures and civilizations of the Middle East and that this knowledge may enrich his life and help him to understand his grandfather
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