Armenian History and the Question of Genocide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Armenian History and the Question of Genocide write by M. Gunter. This book was released on 2011-05-09. Armenian History and the Question of Genocide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An analysis of the Turkish position regarding the Armenian claims of genocide during World War I and the continuing debate over this issue, the author offers an equal examination of each side's historical position. The book asks "what is genocide?" and illustrates that although this is a useful concept to describe such evil events as the Jewish Holocaust in World War II and Rwanda in the 1990s, the term has also been overused, misused, and therefore trivialized by many different groups seeking to demonize their antagonists and win sympathetic approbation for them. The author includes the Armenians in this category because, although as many as 600,000 of them died during World War I, it was neither a premeditated policy perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkish government nor an event unilaterally implemented without cause. Of course, in no way does this excuse the horrible excesses committed by the Turks.
A Question of Genocide
A Question of Genocide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Question of Genocide write by Ronald Grigor Suny. This book was released on 2011-02-02. A Question of Genocide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One hundred years after the deportations and mass murder of Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, and other peoples in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, the history of the Armenian genocide is a victim of historical distortion, state-sponsored falsification, and deep divisions between Armenians and Turks. Working together for the first time, Turkish, Armenian, and other scholars present here a compelling reconstruction of what happened and why. This volume gathers the most up-to-date scholarship on Armenian genocide, looking at how the event has been written about in Western and Turkish historiographies; what was happening on the eve of the catastrophe; portraits of the perpetrators; detailed accounts of the massacres; how the event has been perceived in both local and international contexts, including World War I; and reflections on the broader implications of what happened then. The result is a comprehensive work that moves beyond nationalist master narratives and offers a more complete understanding of this tragic event.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spirit of the Laws write by Taner Akçam. This book was released on 2015-07-01. The Spirit of the Laws available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights, retaining their legal validity, and although Turkey has acceded through international agreements to return Armenian properties, it continues to refuse to do so. The book demonstrates that genocides do not depend on the abolition of the legal system and elimination of rights, but that, on the contrary, the perpetrators of genocide manipulate the legal system to facilitate their plans.
The History of the Armenian Genocide
The History of the Armenian Genocide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of the Armenian Genocide write by Vahakn N. Dadrian. This book was released on 2003. The History of the Armenian Genocide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dadrian, a former professor at SUNY, Geneseo, currently directs a genocide study project supported by the Guggenheim Foundation. The present study analyzes the devastating wartime destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire as the cataclysmic culmination of a historical process involving the progressive Turkish decimation of the Armenians through intermittent and incremental massacres. In addition to the excellent general bibliography there is an annotated bibliography of selected books used in the study. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide
Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide write by Vahagn Avedian. This book was released on 2018-10-08. Knowledge and Acknowledgement in the Politics of Memory of the Armenian Genocide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is the Armenian Genocide a strictly historical matter? If that is the case, why is it still a topical issue, capable of causing diplomatic rows and heated debates? The short answer would be that the century old Armenian Genocide is much more than a historical question. It emerged as a political dilemma on the international arena at the San Stefano peace conference in 1878 and has remained as such into our days. The disparity between knowledge and acknowledgement, mainly ascribable to Turkey’s official denial of the genocide, has only heightened the politicization of the Armenian question. Thus, the memories of the WWI era refuse to be relegated to the pages of history but are rather perceived as a vivid presence. This is the result of the perpetual process of politics of memory. The politics of memory is an intricate and interdisciplinary negotiation, engaging many different actors in the society who have access to a wide range of resources and measures in order to achieve their goals. By following the Armenian question during the past century up to its Centennial Commemoration in 2015, this study aims to explain why and how the politics of memory of the Armenian Genocide has kept it as a topical issue in our days.
