Sinjar : 14 days that saved the Yazidis from Islamic State Susan Shand

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shand, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IS (Organization).

Yezidis--Crimes against--Iraq--History--21st century.

Yezidis.

Yezidi women--Crimes against--Iraq--History--21st century.

Yezidi women.

Genocide--Iraq--History--21st century.

Genocide.

United States--Military relations--Iraq.

United States.

Iraq--Military relations--United States.

Iraq.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 240 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Guilford, CT : LP, [2018]

Summary:

How were new Yazidi immigrants working from a Super 8 motel in Maryland able to help defeat the warriors of Islamic State on the battlefield? This is the extraordinary tale of how a few American-Yazidis in Washington, DC, mobilized a small, forgotten office in the American government to intervene militarily in Iraq to avert a devastating humanitarian crisis. While Islamic State massacred many thousands of Yazidi men and sold thousands more Yazidi women into slavery, the U.S. intervention saved the lives of 50,000 Yazidis.

Contents:

Cries for help

Before the invasion

Invasion : Sunday August 3

First reactions : Monday August 4

Appeals : Tuesday August 5

The red line : Wednesday August 6, Thursday August 7

America responds : Friday August 8, Saturday August 9

The prime minister : Sunday August 10, Monday August 11, Tuesday August 12

The mountain is empty : Wednesday August 13, Thursday August 14

Kocho : Friday Aug. 15.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Shand, Susan, author. Sinjar

ISBN:

9781493033652

1493033654

OCLC:

1019929813