Through the wall of fire [[electronic resource] ] : Armenia, Iraq, Palestine : from wrath to reconciliation / / Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
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| Autore: |
Mirak-Weissbach Muriel
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| Titolo: |
Through the wall of fire [[electronic resource] ] : Armenia, Iraq, Palestine : from wrath to reconciliation / / Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
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| Pubblicazione: | Frankfurt, : Edition Fischer, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.23089927 |
| Soggetto topico: | Children and genocide |
| Children and war | |
| Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 | |
| Persian Gulf War, 1991 | |
| Iraq War, 2003-2011 | |
| Arab-Israeli conflict | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Through the wall of fire |
| ISBN: | 0-86372-442-6 |
| 1-283-85093-1 | |
| 0-86372-441-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452678003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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