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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452678003321

Autore

Mirak-Weissbach Muriel

Titolo

Through the wall of fire [[electronic resource] ] : Armenia, Iraq, Palestine : from wrath to reconciliation / / Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt, : Edition Fischer, c2009

ISBN

0-86372-442-6

1-283-85093-1

0-86372-441-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

305.23089927

Soggetti

Children and genocide

Children and war

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923

Persian Gulf War, 1991

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Arab-Israeli conflict

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Armenia; Chapter 1 The Loss; Chapter 2 If Not the Turks, Then Who?; Chapter 3 The Challenge of Reconciliation; Part Two: Iraq; Chapter 4 Born in Mesopotamia; Chapter 5 Homecoming Iraqi-Style; Chapter 6 Innocents and Patriots; Chapter 7 Fly Iraqi Airways!; Chapter 8 Genocide?; Part Three: Palestine; Chapter 9 Oslo Betrayed; Chapter 10 The Battle for Gaza; Chapter 11 Palestine Lost; Chapter 12 The Geopolitical Mind; Chapter 13 Composing the Peace; Epilogue; Photo Credits; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Can peoples and nations who have been pitted against each other in geopolitically manipulated conflict overcome the adversary relationship and achieve reconciliation? Through the Wall of Fire attempts to answer this question, examining the Armenian genocide of 1915, the two Iraq wars and embargo regime, as well as the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians beginning in 1948. Muriel Mirak-Weissbach portrays these



seminal moments of the twentieth century through the eyes of those who were children at the time. Their first-hand accounts of the dramatic events are corroborated by documented historic