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A shameful act : the Armenian genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility / Taner Akcam.

Summary:

A study of the Armenian genocide draws on Ottoman sources, including parliamentary minutes, letters, military and court records, and eyewitness accounts, to lay responsibility for the event on Turkish authorities, revealing a systematic orchestration of the killings by the military, ruling political parties, and the Ottoman state.

Record details

  • ISBN: 080508665X
  • ISBN: 9780805086652
  • Physical Description: x, 483 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Holt pbk. edition
  • Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books/Holt, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Holt paperback."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-464) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I. The Armenian question prior to the decision for genocide : The ottoman state and its non-Muslim populations -- The union and progress era -- Turkish nationalism -- II. The decision for genocide and subsequent developments : What led to the decision for genocide? -- The decision and its aftermath -- III. The investigations and prosecution of the war crimes and genocide : The question of punishing the "Turks" -- Ottoman government initiatives -- The Turkish national movement's position on the genocide -- The final phase of the trials -- Why the postwar trials failed.
Subject:
Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923.
Genocide.
War crimes.

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