A shameful act : the Armenian genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility
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
Print Book, English, 2006
1st U.S. ed View all formats and editions
Metropolitan Books, New York, 2006
x, 483 pages : map ; 25 cm
9780805079326, 9780805086652, 0805079327, 080508665X
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The Ottoman state and its non-Muslim populations
The Union and progress era
Turkish nationalism
What led to the decision for genocide?
The decision and its aftermath
The question of punishing the "Turk"
Ottoman government initiatives
The Turkish national movement's position on the genocide
The final phase of the trials
Why the postwar trials failed
"Originally published in Turkey in 1999 under the title İnsan hakları ve Ermeni sorunu : İttihat ve Terakki'den Kurtuluş Savaşı'na"--Title page verso