A road unforeseen women fight the Islamic State /
Meredith Tax ; photographs by Joey L.
- New York : Bellevue Literary Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of Contents; Glossary of Organizational Names; Introduction: A Road Unforeseen; Chapter 1: The Kurds; Chapter 2: Separated at Birth; Chapter 3: Insurrection and Genocide; Chapter 4: The People Take Up the Struggle; Chapter 5: Kurdish Women Rising; Chapter 6: Democratic Autonomy in Turkey and Syria; Chapter 7: The Battle of Kobane and Its Backlash; Chapter 8: The Birth of Daesh; Chapter 9: Daesh vs. Kobane; Chapter 10: War and Peace in Turkey; Coda: Some Questions Remain; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Index.
A secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic State.