Being Kurdish in a Hostile World by Ayub Nuri

Being Kurdish in a Hostile World by Ayub Nuri was received direct from the publisher. The Kurds, a group of people most all of us have heard about but unless you are in the military, you probably know little about. They are some of our staunchest allies and fiercest fighters in the northern Iraq/Syria/Turkey/Iran region but the get very little press in the American media. I for one, eagerly grabbed this book so I could learn more about these peoples. The author takes the reader through the Iran-Iraq war, Operation Desert Storm and its aftermath, even to a town full of human flesh craving venomous snakes. For those who talk that the US removing Saddam Hussein from power was a mistake, take a read of this book and learn how life was for real people under his regime. The novel also points out the failings of Bush Sr administration in Iraq after the first Gulf War and how we, as a nation, had to do things right after the second Gulf War until Obama messed things up again.

5 stars