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The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey : A Disputed Genocide /
In 1915, the Ottoman government, then run by the Young Turks, deported most of its Armenian citizens from their eastern Anatolian lands. According to reliable estimates, close to forty percent of the prewar population perished, many in brutal massacres. Armenians call it the first genocide of the tw...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Salt Lake City :
University of Utah Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- I. The historical setting. Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth century ; The Armenian revolutionary movement ; The massacres of 1894-96 ; The young Turks take power
- II. Two rival historiographies. The Armenian case (1): genocidal plans ; The Armenian case (2): the implementation of genocide ; The Turkish position
- III. Historical reconstruction: what we know and what we do not know. The sources ; The deportation decision ; The course of the deportations ; Resettlement ; Who were the perpetrators of the massacres? ; The number of victims
- IV. The state of the controversy. Conclusion: The question of premeditation
- Epilogue: The politicization of history
- Abbreviations and glossary.