Armed Struggle in South Kurdistan (1976 - 1988)

This book consists of an introduction, a prologue, three parts, and appendices.

The first part of the book discusses the resurgence of armed struggle in South Kurdistan between the years (1976-1979) and includes three topics regarding the causes and conditions for the resurgence of armed struggle, the stance of regional countries towards the ignition of armed struggle between the years (1976-1979), the establishment and organization of the initial detachments of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Kurdistan Democratic Socialist Movement, and the Kurdish Socialist Party, the logistical aspect of the armed detachments, the activity of the Peshmerga, and the guerrilla warfare between the years (1976-1979) of the Provisional Leadership of the Party, the Kurdistan Democratic Socialist Movement, and the Kurdish Socialist Party.

The second part of this book is about the armed struggle in South Kurdistan between the years (1980-1988) of the war between Iraq and Iran and consists of three topics that discuss the impact of the war on South Kurdistan, the impact of the experience of front-line work on the armed struggle, and the most prominent battles of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Socialist Party of Kurdistan between the years (1980-19889).

The third part discusses the political and military plans and strategies of the Iraqi government regarding the armed struggle in South Kurdistan between the years (1976-1988), and includes three topics regarding the displacement and destruction of villages and the besieging of forces, the activity of the Peshmerga within the cities and the government's plan to confront the Peshmerga in the cities, and the internal and external factors for the retreat and weakening of the armed struggle.