Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide
De Waal, Thomas2015
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The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was a brutal mass crime that prefigured other genocides in the 20th century. By various estimates, more than a million Armenians were killed and the survivors were scattered across the world. Although it is now a century old, the issue of what most of the world calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 has not been consigned to history. It is a live and divisive political issue that mobilizes Armenians across the world, touches the identity and politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed the attention of U.S. politicians for years. In 'Great Catastrophe,' the eminent scholar and reporter Thomas de Waal looks at the changing narratives and politics of the Armenian Genocide and tells the story of recent efforts by courageous Armenians, Kurds, and Turks to come to terms with the disaster as Turkey enters a new post-Kemalist era.
Main title:
Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide / Thomas de Waal.
Author:
De Waal, Thomas, author
Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Collation:
328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780199350698 (hbk)
Dewey class:
956.6'20154956.620154956.62015956.6201
LC class:
DS195.5
Local class:
956.620
Language:
English
Subject:
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 -- InfluenceArmenian massacres, 1915-1923 -- Political aspectsMemory -- Political aspects -- ArmeniaMemory -- Political aspects -- TurkeyCollective memory -- TurkeyGenocide -- Political aspects -- Case studiesHistoryArmenia -- Relations -- TurkeyTurkey -- Relations -- ArmeniaTurkey -- Ethnic relations
BRN:
1633144