"First published as Krieg und Revolution in Syrisch-Kurdistan: Analysen und Stimmen aus Rojava, by Mandelbaum Verlag, Austria ... English edition first published 2018 by Pluto Press"--Title page verso

The long struggle for autonomy -- Background and methods of social science research in war -- Kurds, Arabs, Armenians, and Assyrians : Rojava as part of the ethnic diversity of Syria -- Muslims, Christians, Jews, Alevi, and Ezidi : religious pluralism in Rojava -- Kurdistan : country without a state or country against the state -- Syrian Kurdistan under the French Protectorate -- Kurds in independent Syria -- In the crosshairs of Pan-Arabism : from the United Arab Republic to Ba'athism -- Special census and statelessness -- The Kurds under Ba'athist rule -- Between two brief springs : Rojava under Bashar al-Assad -- The Kurdish Party landscape -- From revolution to civil war -- Military developments since 2012 -- Political economy in the civil war -- The Kurdish districts of Aleppo -- The Kurdish para-state in Rojava -- Voices from Rojava -- Conclusion : Rojava, quo vadis?