ISIS and the Yazidis

How American Action Stopped a Genocide in Iraq

Benjamin Wood

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McFarland & Co Inc
26 April 2023

Iraq War

In 2014 the jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were consolidating their control over a vast area of the Middle East. They singled out the Yazidis, adherents of an ancient monotheistic religion, for annihilation. Unlike Christians or Jews, who were seen as ""people of the book,"" Yazidis were classified as pagans and therefore subject to extermination. The men were to be executed and the women and children enslaved. In August ISIS fighters attacked Sinjar, an Iraqi city inhabited mostly by Yazidis. Some 50,000 panic-stricken civilians fled to Mount Sinjar in 110° heat with no food or water. The ISIS militants quickly surrounded the mountain and after several days people began to die of exposure, exhaustion, and dehydration.

This is a history of the ISIS attack on the Yazidis and the American response, which represented the opening salvo in the war against ISIS. With a potential genocide looming, President Barack Obama ordered the U.S. military into action in order to save the thousands of men, women and children desperately calling for help from Mount Sinjar. While the U.S. Air Force dropped tons of food, water, and supplies to those stranded, U.S. Navy aircraft attacked ISIS positions at the base of the mountain. In the following months the United States assembled a coalition of nations which, along with Kurdish militias, eventually destroyed the Islamic State, saved the Yazidis and liberated millions from the brutal rule of ISIS.

By: Benjamin Wood
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9781476690650
ISBN 10: 1476690650
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 26 April 2023
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Tribalism, Saddam Hussein, and the Genesis of ISIS 2. ISIS Devastates the Yazidi Community 3. Genocide in the Middle East through the Ages 4. Yazidi Stories of Survival and the War Against ISIS 5. Fighting the Islamic State in the Chaos of Syria 6. A Complicated Part of the World Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Benjamin Wood earned a graduate degree in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He briefly worked in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senator Harry Reid and then taught U.S. history at Eldorado High School in Las Vegas for 30 years. He has had several articles published in Modern War, Military History, History and WWII.