The Armenian genocide : a complete history
The Armenian Genocide was one of the greatest atrocities of the twentieth century, an episode in which up to 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives. In this major new history, Raymond K�vorkian provides a long-awaited authoritative account of origins, events, and consequences of the years 1915 and 1...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London : I. B.Tauris,
2011
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| Schlagworte: | Armenians Genocide Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 Armenians - Crimes against - Turkey - History - 20th century Electronic books Armenier Völkermord Geschichte 1894-1923 |
| Zusammenfassung: | The Armenian Genocide was one of the greatest atrocities of the twentieth century, an episode in which up to 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives. In this major new history, Raymond K�vorkian provides a long-awaited authoritative account of origins, events, and consequences of the years 1915 and 1916. K�vorkian explains and analyses the debates that occurred within the elite circles of the Young Turks, and traces the roots of the violence that would be raged upon the Ottoman Armenians. Uniquely, this is also a geographical account of the Armenian genocide, documenting its course region by region, including a complete account of the deportations, massacres and resistance that occurred.K�vorkian considers the role that the Armenian Genocide played in the construction of the Turkish nation state and Turkish identity, as well as exploring the ideologies of power, rule, and state violence, presenting an important contribution to the understanding of how such destruction could have occurred. Thus, K�vorkian examines the history of the Young Turks and the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as they came into conflict with one another, taking into consideration the institutional, political, social and even psychological mechanisms that culminated in the destruction of the Ottoman Armenians. Beginning with an exploration of the origins of the Young Turk Revolution in 1908, K�vorkian analyses the decision making process which led to the terrible fate of those who were deported to the concentration camps of Aleppo and along the Euphrates.Crucially, 'The Armenian Genocide' also examines the consequences of the violence against the Armenians, the implications of the expropriation of property and assets, and deportations, as well as the attempts to bring those who committed atrocities to justice. This covers the documents from the Mazhar Governmental Commission Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Young Turks and Armenians Intertwined in the Opposition (1895-1908) -- 1. Abdulhamid and the Ottoman Opposition -- 2. The December 1907 Second Congress of the Anti-Hamidian Opposition: Final "Preparations for a Revolution -- Part II: Young Turks and Armenians Facing the Test of Power (1908-12) -- 1. Istanbul in the First Days of the Revolution: "Our Common Religion is Freedom -- 2. Young Turks and Armenians Facing the Test of "The 31 March Incident" and the Massacres in Cilicia -- 3. The Ottoman Government's and the Armenian Authorities' Political Responses to the Massacres in Cilicia -- 4. The CUP's First Deviations: The 1909, 1910 and 1911 Congresses -- 5. Armenian Revolutionaries and Young Turks: The Anatolian Provinces and Istanbul, 1910-12 -- Part III: Young Turks and Armenians Face to Face (December 1912-March 1915) -- 1. Transformations in the Committee of Union and Progress after the First Balkan War, 1913 -- 2. The Armenian Organizations' Handling of the Reform Question -- 3. The Establishment of the Ittihadist Dictatorship and the Plan to "Homogenize" Anatolia -- 4. Destruction as Self-Construction: Ideology in Command -- 5. Turkey's Entry into the War -- 6. The Teskilat-i Mahsusa on the Causasian Front and the First Military Operations -- 7. The First Acts of Violence -- 8. Putting the Plan into Practice, and the "Temporary Deportation Law -- Part IV: In the Vortex of the War: The First Phase of the Genocide -- 1. The Armenian Population of the Empire on the Eve of the War: The Demographic Issue -- 2. The Ottoman Armenians' Socio-Economic Situation on the Eve of the War -- 2.1 The Eradication of the Armenian Population in the Provinces of the Ottoman Empire: Reasons for a Regional Approach -- 3. Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Erzerum. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781848855618 1848855613 9780857730206 0857730207 |