{"product_id":"a-road-unforeseen-meredith-tax-9781942658108","title":"A Road Unforeseen: Women Fight the Islamic State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn war-torn northern Syria, a democratic society--based on secularism, ethnic inclusiveness, and gender equality--has won significant victories against the Islamic State, or Daesh, with women on the front lines as fierce warriors and leaders.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Road Unforeseen\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the dramatic, underreported history of the Rojava Kurds, whose all-women militia was instrumental in the perilous mountaintop rescue of tens of thousands of civilians besieged in Iraq. Up to that point, the Islamic State had seemed invincible. Yet these women helped vanquish them, bringing the first half of the refugees to safety within twenty-four hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho are the revolutionary women of Rojava and what lessons can we learn from their heroic story? How does their political philosophy differ from that of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Islamic State, and Turkey? And will the politics of the twenty-first century be shaped by the opposition between these political models?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meredith Tax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942658109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2016","brand":"Meredith Tax","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983919546623,"sku":"9781942658108","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2237a4db-c0f7-4c52-8d81-c3de311056c7.jpg?v=1683269476","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-road-unforeseen-meredith-tax-9781942658108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}