No Friends But the Mountains Author:John Bulloch, Harvey Morris, John Bullock Using the post-war Iraqi-Kurdish rebellion as a starting point, this book provides a history of the Kurds which touches particularly on the period since the break-up of the Ottoman Empire. The book includes discussion of who the Kurds are, historically, culturally and anthropologically, as well as a brief account of Kurdistan during the Middle A... more »ges, under the dynasty of Saladin. The bulk of the book describes the troubled history of the Kurds since World War I.« less