Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide /

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 issu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	De Waal, Thomas (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 > Influence. Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 > Political aspects. Armenia > Relations > Turkey. Turkey > Relations > Armenia. Memory > Political aspects > Armenia. Memory > Political aspects > Turkey. Turkey > Ethnic relations. Collective memory > Turkey. Genocide > Political aspects > Case studies. HISTORY / Asia / General. HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.

Table of Contents:

MAP 1: THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN 1914
MAP 2: TURKEY IN 2014
INTRODUCTION: REQUIEM IN DIYARBAKIR
THE CATASTROPHE
THE HISTORY
FROM VAN TO LAUSANNE
ASPECTS OF FORGETTING
POST-WAR POLITICS
AWAKENING
ASSAILING TURKEY
A TURKISH THAW
INDEPENDENT ARMENIA
THE PROTOCOLS
HIDDEN HISTORIES IN DIYARBAKIR
TWO MEMORIALS IN ISTANBUL.