Sinjar : 14 days that saved the Yazidis from Islamic State

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

Author/creator	Shand, Susan author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Guilford, Connecticut : LP, [2018]
Description	xiii, 240 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	IS (Organization) Yezidis--Crimes against --Iraq --History --21st century. Yezidi women--Crimes against --Iraq --History --21st century. Genocide--Iraq --History --21st century. United States--Military relations --Iraq. Iraq--Military relations --United States.

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.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Shand, Susan, author. Sinjar Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2018 9781493033669
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Nonfiction.
LCCN	2018037781
ISBN	9781493033652 hardcover
ISBN	1493033654 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS70.8 .Y49 S54 2018	✔ Available	Place Hold