ISBN: 0877548625 Binding: Library Binding Edition: Author(s): David Waldstreicher Publisher: Chelsea House Pub (L) Number of Pages: 112
Discusses the history culture and religion of the Armenians factors encouraging their emigration and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America
The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Vol. 3: From The Eighteenth Century To Modern Times, vol. 3 (Heritage of Armenian Literature)
ISBN: 0814332218 Binding: Hardcover Edition: annotated edition Author(s): N/A Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr Number of Pages: 1069
This concluding volume to a comprehensive overview of Armenian literature brings together superb translations of works central to Armenian identity from the eighteenth century onward
The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century
ISBN: 1403964211 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed Author(s): N/A Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Number of Pages: 384
Edited by the leading history of the Republic of Armenia this is the definitive history of an extraordinary country--from its earliest foundations through the Crusades the resistance to Ottoman and Tsarist rule the collapse of the independent state its brief reemergence after World War I its subjugation by the Bolsheviks and the establishment of the new Republic in 1991 Written by the foremost experts on each period in Armenia's history these volumes are a major contribution to understanding the complexities of Transcaucasia
Judgment at Istanbul: The Armenian Genocide Trials
ISBN: 0857452517 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Vahakn N. Dadrian, Taner Akcam Publisher: Berghahn Books Number of Pages: 376
Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide against the Armenians After a long and painstaking effort the authors one an Armenian the other a Turk generally recognized as the foremost experts on the Armenian Genocide have prepared a new authoritative translation and detailed analysis of the Takvim-i Vekayi the official Ottoman Government record of the Turkish Military Tribunals concerning the crimes committed against the Armenians during World War I The authors have compiled the first-known English-language documentation of the trial proceedings and situated them within their historical and legal context These documents show that Wartime Cabinet ministers Young Turk party leaders and a number of other parties inculpated in these crimes were court-martialed by the Turkish Military Tribunals in the years immediately following World War I Most were found guilty and received sentences ranging from prison with hard labor to death In remarkable contrast to Nuremberg the Turkish Military Tribunals prosecuted solely on the basis of existing Ottoman domestic penal codes This substitution of a national for an international criminal court stands in history as a unique initiative of national self-condemnation This compilation is significantly enhanced by an extensive analysis of the historical origins political nature and legal implications of the criminal prosecution of the twentieth century's first state-sponsored crime of genocide For a better understanding of one of key controversies in Genocide Studies this book is essential for historians political scientists sociologists legal scholars and policy makers
The Armenian Rebellion at Van (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)
ISBN: 0874808707 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Justin McCarthy Publisher: University of Utah Press Number of Pages: 304
Before World War I the ancient city of Van in southeastern Anatolia had a population of approximately 100000 people while the population of Van Province was about 500000 Armenians formed a large minority with Kurdish tribes and Turks in the majorityThe Armenian Rebellion at Van presents a long-overdue examination of Van from the 1870s to 1919 As the authors state "The Armenian Revolt was an integral part of the great disaster that overcame the people of the Ottoman East The slaughter of Muslims that accompanied the Armenian revolt in Van Province inexorably led first to Kurdish reprisals on the Armenians then to a general and mutual massacre of the people of the East"The actions at Van offer a window into the far-reaching events that soon followed in other parts of Anatolia
The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians
ISBN: 0199226881 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Donald Bloxham Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Number of Pages: 352
The Great Game of Genocide addresses the origins development and aftermath of the Armenian genocide in a wide-ranging reappraisal based on primary and secondary sources from all the major parties involved Rejecting the determinism of many influential studies and discarding polemics on all sides it founds its interpretation of the genocide in the interaction between the Ottoman empire in its decades of terminal decline the self-interested policies of the European imperial powers and the agenda of some Armenian nationalists in and beyond Ottoman territory Particular attention is paid to the international context of the process of ethnic polarization that culminated in the massive destruction of 1912-23 and especially the obliteration of the Armenian community in 1915-16
The opening chapters of the book examine the relationship between the great power politics of the 'eastern question' from 1774 the narrower politics of the 'Armenian question' from the mid-nineteenth century and the internal Ottoman questions of reforming the complex social and ethnic order under intense external pressure Later chapters include detailed case studies of the role of Imperial Germany during the First World War (reaching conclusions markedly different to the prevailing orthodoxy of German complicity in the genocide); the wartime Entente and then the uncomfortable postwar Anglo-French axis; and American political interest in the Middle East in the interwar period which led to a policy of refusing to recognize the genocide The book concludes by explaining the ongoing international denial of the genocide as an extension of the historical 'Armenian question' with many of the same considerations governing modern European-American-Turkish interaction as existed prior to the First World War
ISBN: 0916919242 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Arra S. Avakian Publisher: The Electric Press Number of Pages: 352
ARMENIA: A Journey Through History contains a wealth of information about the Armenian people history significant events important places and individuals who did much to make the Armenian nation what it is
The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)
ISBN: 0874808901 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Edition Author(s): Guenter Lewy Publisher: University of Utah Press Number of Pages: 384
In 1915 the Ottoman government then run by the Young Turks deported most of its Armenian citizens from their eastern Anatolian lands According to reliable estimates close to forty percent of the prewar population perished many in brutal massacres Armenians call it the first genocide of the twentieth century Turks speak of an instance of intercommunal warfare and wartime relocation made necessary by the treasonous conduct of their Armenian minorityThe voluminous literature on this tragic episode of World War I is characterized by acrimony and distortion in which both sides have simplified a complex historical reality and have resorted to partisan special pleadingThe Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey examines the rich historical evidence without political preconceptions Relying on archival materials as well as eye-witness testimony Guenter Lewy avoids the sterile was-it-genocide-or-not debate and presents a detailed account of what actually happened The result is a book that will open a new chapter in this contentious controversy and may help achieve a long-overdue reconciliation of Armenians and Turks
