The Armenian Genocide: History, Politics, Ethics

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Beneath the shadow of the First World War, the Young Turk government orchestrated the massacre of over one million Armenians in Turkey between the years 1915 and 1918. Virtually erased from public memory and forgotten out of political convenience, this attempt to destroy the Armenian population is a prototypical example of genocide which has been repeated throughout the twentieth century. The Armenian Genocide explains the historical, cultural and political conditions which led to this tragedy and to the subsequent claims that it never actually took place.



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Beneath the shandow of the First World War, the Young Turk government orchestrated the massacre of over one million Armenians in the Turkish Empire between the years 1915 and 1918. Virtually erased from public memory and forgotten out of political convenience, this attempt to destroy the Armenian population is a prototypical example of genocide which has been repeated throughout the twentieth century. The Armenian Genocide explains the historical, cultural and political conditions which led to this tragedy and to the subsequent claims that it never actually took place. Edited by a leading expert on Armenia, this collection presents a multi-disciplinary investigation and interpretation of the Armenian Genocide. Each contributor examines the event from a unique perspective; methods of study include archival research, political analysis, field work, comparative investigation of genocide and analysis of the literary response. Through exploration of the history, politics and ethics of the Armenian Genocide, this book sheds light on one of the most profound and neglected events in twentieth-century history.


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