The great game of genocide : imperialism, nationalism, and the destruction of the Ottoman Armenians /

Between 1915-1916 approximately one million Armenian Christians were killed under the auspices of the Ottoman government. For nearly a century this genocide has either been ignored or not recognised for what it was. The author provides an explanation for why it happened and why it has subsequently b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bloxham, Donald
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923. Armenian question. Armenia > History > 1901- Genocide > Turkey. Turkey > Foreign relations. Génocide arménien, 1915-1916. Question arménienne. Arménie > Histoire > 20e siècle. HISTORY > General. Armenian question Diplomatic relations Genocide Armenia Turkey Genocide. Armeniërs. Armenian massacres, 1915-1923. Armenia > History > 1901-. Since 1901 Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Genocide and the Armenian case
1: Mass murder in an international system
Eastern questions, nationalist answers
Ethnic 'reprisal' and ethnic cleansing
Interlude: the genocide in context
2: International response and responsibility in the genocide era
Imperial Germany: a case of mistaken identity
Ethnic violence and the entente, 1915-1923
Interlude: new minority questions in the new near east
3: From response to recognition?
The USA: from non-intervention to non-recognition
The geopolitics of memory.