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Readers Say
Layers and Layers of an Amazing Story
“Stephen Mansfield simplified a complex history of the Kurds yet kept it accurate. His personal experiences added an enriching layer to the layers of history, politics, internal struggles, and atrocities inflicted upon the Kurds. I knew I liked and respected the Kurds. After reading this account, I love the Kurds and will continue pressing the US Government to support a free and independent Kurdistan. Now is the time. Yes, they have jam! (You will have to read the book to appreciate the jam.)” November 9, 2014
Patience is Bitter but it Bears Sweet Fruit
“The Kurds, perhaps best known for the magnificent Kurdish warrior, Saladin, are one of the largest populations in the world that does not have a homeland. It is not for lack of trying. Mansfield provides a concise review of their struggles to achieve a secure homeland where they can work, rebuild their homes, educate their children, and maintain their identity.” February 2, 2015
A Fantastic Read About an Often Forgotten People
“If you’re looking for a book where the author’s love for his subject matter is clear, then this is it. It was a remarkably easy read as well, as the author’s writing style is easy to understand. I read through the whole book once, then read it all over again just because I enjoyed it so much. I can’t think of many other books that I have done that with. Also, I felt like I learned a lot about a group of people who have been handed the short end of the stick too many times and deserve to be treated better.” October 3, 2015
Media Appearances
Mansfield has been interviewed several times by Rudaw, the world’s leading Kurdish news service, who named The Miracle of the Kurds its “Book of the Year” in 2015.
Excerpts and Endorsements
“The Kurdistan I had known those years before was a dangerous, war- ravaged place. To be among the Kurds in northern Iraq then was to be in the middle of a civil war while the troops of a tyrant amassed on a nearby border and economic sanctions made life disease-ridden and spare.” From the book
Author in Kurdistan
“I had never imagined such change was possible in so short a time…I left a newly-built world class airport and drove by six star hotels and office towers taller than anything in my hometowns of Nashville and Washington DC. Luxurious restaurants, richly stocked grocery stores, lovely city parks, gorgeous monuments and quiet, elegant neighborhoods were everywhere.” From the book
What is The Miracle of the Kurds?
Tens of thousands of Kurds were murdered under the tyrannical reign of Saddam Hussein. Betrayed again and again by the nations of the world, the Kurds were as decimated as any people in history.
Then came the Kurdish Miracle, that combination of ancient wisdom and modern economic genius that is now making the Kurdish homeland one of the most prosperous places on earth. Many experts predict that this homeland will soon be the world’s newest nation.
Stephen Mansfield witnessed much of this history. In The Miracle of the Kurds, he has captured the agony and the determination, the horror and the genius of one of the most remarkable stories of our time.
From Senator Marsha Blackburn:
“Stephen Mansfield builds out both the then and now in rounding out the perspective of the Kurds to today’s events in the Middle East. Self-reliant, kind, fierce and passionate, his narrative lends perspective to why this can be a time of triumph for the Kurds.”
About the Author
Stephen Mansfield is the New York Times bestselling author of The Faith of George W. Bush, The Search for God and Guinness, The Faith of Barack Obama, Lincoln’s Battle with God and Mansfield’s Book of Manly Men among other works of history and biography. Founder of The Mansfield Group, a research and publishing firm, Stephen is also a much in-demand speaker and consultant. He holds a doctorate in history and literature, and makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee and Washington, DC, with his wife, Beverly.
