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Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide, Thomas de Waal

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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 andpolitics 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... Drawing on archival sources, reportage and moving personal stories, de Waal tells the full story of Armenian-Turkish relations since the Genocide in all its extraordinary twists and turns. He strips away the propaganda to look both at the realities of a terrible historical crime and also the divisive 'politics of genocide' it produced. The book throws light not only on our understanding of Armenian-Turkish relations but also of how mass atrocities and historical tragedies shape contemporary politics"--
Language
eng
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Extent
298 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: Requiem in Diyarbakir
  • The catastrophe
  • The history
  • From van to Lausanne, 1915-1923
  • Aspects of forgetting
  • Postwar politics
  • Awakening, 1965
  • Assailing Turkey
  • A Turkish thaw
  • Independent Armenia
  • The protocols
  • Hidden histories in Diyarbakir
  • Two memorials in Istanbul
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9780199350698
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Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide
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Great catastrophe
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Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide
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Thomas de Waal
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Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide
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eng
Summary
"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 andpolitics 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... Drawing on archival sources, reportage and moving personal stories, de Waal tells the full story of Armenian-Turkish relations since the Genocide in all its extraordinary twists and turns. He strips away the propaganda to look both at the realities of a terrible historical crime and also the divisive 'politics of genocide' it produced. The book throws light not only on our understanding of Armenian-Turkish relations but also of how mass atrocities and historical tragedies shape contemporary politics"--
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De Waal, Thomas
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956.6/20154
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  • maps
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DS195.5
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non fiction
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  • Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923
  • Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923
  • Genocide
  • Armenia
  • Turkey
  • Turkey
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adult
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Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide
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Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide, Thomas de Waal
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Contents
Introduction: Requiem in Diyarbakir -- The catastrophe -- The history -- From van to Lausanne, 1915-1923 -- Aspects of forgetting -- Postwar politics -- Awakening, 1965 -- Assailing Turkey -- A Turkish thaw -- Independent Armenia -- The protocols -- Hidden histories in Diyarbakir -- Two memorials in Istanbul
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25 cm
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298 pages
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9780199350698
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2014020230
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Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide, Thomas de Waal
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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Contents
Introduction: Requiem in Diyarbakir -- The catastrophe -- The history -- From van to Lausanne, 1915-1923 -- Aspects of forgetting -- Postwar politics -- Awakening, 1965 -- Assailing Turkey -- A Turkish thaw -- Independent Armenia -- The protocols -- Hidden histories in Diyarbakir -- Two memorials in Istanbul
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
298 pages
Isbn
9780199350698
Lccn
2014020230
Media category
unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations, photographs, maps

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