The Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey : a disputed genocide
Avoiding the sterile ""was-it-genocide-or-not"" debate, this book will open a new chapter in this contentious controversy and may help achieve a long-overdue reconciliation of Armenians and Turks.
Print Book, English, 2005
University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2005
History
xiii, 370 pages : maps ; 24 cm
9780874808490, 9780874808902, 0874808499, 0874808901
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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