Cruelty and Silence
War, Tyranny, Uprising, and the Arab World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9820959 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William B Quandt (corresponding author), Kanan Makiya |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 208 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20045677 |
| OpenAlex | W3021056343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In 1991, Kanan Makiya, author of the bestselling Republic of Fear, returned to Iraq to investigate allegations of mass murder. The results show that at least 100,000 noncombatant Kurds were killed in 1988 in an operation code-named Al-Anfal. This book is not a historical inquiry into why that happened; it is a passionate plea that the cruelty not be ignored and repeated
Art · Criminology · Cruelty · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Silence · Sociology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2014 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |