This book focuses on the classic struggle between capitalism and nationalism and how that struggle is presently shaping the fate of the Kurdish people. The title comes from a Turkish aphorism that captures the conflict of interest posed by capitalist and nationalist agendas: “the goat desires its freedom; the butcher its meat.” - The Middle East Institute
The Goat And the Butcher: Nationalism and State Formation in Kurdistan-Iraq Since the Iraqi War
By Robert W. Olson
Cartography by Dick Gilbreath
Mazda Publishers, 2005.
This book focuses on the classic struggle between capitalism and nationalism and how that struggle is presently shaping the fate of the Kurdish people. The title comes from a Turkish aphorism that captures the conflict of interest posed by capitalist and nationalist agendas: “the goat desires its freedom; the butcher its meat.” - The Middle East Institute
Turkey