A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility
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"The definitive account of the organized destruction of the Ottoman Armenians . . . No future discussion of the history will be able to ignore this brilliant book."--Orhan Pamuk
Beginning in 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, and mass acts of slaughter. Although Armenians and the judgment of history have long held the Ottoman powers responsible for genocide, modern Turkey has rejected any such claim. Now, in a pioneering work of excavation, Turkish historian Taner Ak am has made unprecedented use of Ottoman and other sources--military and court records, parliamentary minutes, letters, and eyewitness reports--to produce a scrupulous account of Ottoman culpability. Tracing the causes of the mass destruction, Ak am reconstructs its planning and implementation by the departments of state, the military, and the ruling political parties, and he probes the multiple failures to bring the perpetrators to justice. As the topic of the Armenian genocide provokes ever-greater passion and controversy around the world, Ak am's work has only become more important and relevant. Beyond its timeliness, however, A Shameful Act is sure to take its lasting place as a classic and necessary work on the subject.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080508665X
ISBN13:9780805086652
Release Date:August 2007
Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL
Length:496 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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Armenia Eastern Europe History Middle East Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Turkey WorldCustomer Reviews
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