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Voices from the Front: Turkish Soldiers on the War with the Kurdish Guerrillas

By Nadire Mater , Ayse Gül Altinay , Cynthia Enloe

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2005
ISBN
1403961204, 9781403961204, 9781403981882
LCC
DR435.K87 M3813 2005
Open Library ID
OL22717403M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1248083 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
335\335
Library
avaxhome.ws
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

These riveting first-hand accounts of Turkish soldiers who have fought in the internal war against Kurdish guerillas speak to universals: the shock of entering military life and the traumas of warfare; the changes in personality and relations with family and friends; the lingering emotional effects of violence; and the difficulties in returning to the ''real world.'' Mater's reportage is in the best tradition of revealing the surreal, illuminating the universal truth of war's devastation. At a time when American troops are again caught in a vicious insurgency, the Kurdish issue has high visibility, and Turkey is a major actor in the Middle East, the experiences of these former soldiers resonate.

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