A road unforeseen : women fight the Islamic State / Meredith Tax ; photographs by Joey L.

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Recounts the history of the Syrian Rojava Kurds, a democratic secular society whose all-women militia was instrumental in the mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged by the Islamic State in Iraq,

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tax, Meredith (Author)
Other Authors: L., Joey (Lawrence) (Photographer)
Language:English
Published: New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Militia movements > Syria.
Women soldiers > Syria.
Militia movements.
Women soldiers.
Syria > History > Civil War, 2011-
Physical Description:335 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
Recounts the history of the Syrian Rojava Kurds, a democratic secular society whose all-women militia was instrumental in the mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged by the Islamic State in Iraq,
Call Number:DS98.6 .T39 2016
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-319) and index.
ISBN:1942658109
9781942658108