The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History

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Bloomsbury Publishing, Mar 30, 2011 - History - 1040 pages
The Armenian Genocide was one of the greatest atrocities of the twentieth century, an episode in which up to 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives. In this major new history, the renowned historian Raymond Kevorkian provides an authoritative account of the origins, events and consequences of the years 1915 and 1916. He considers the role that the Armenian Genocide played in the construction of the Turkish nation state and Turkish identity, as well as exploring the ideologies of power, rule and state violence. Crucially, he examines the consequences of the violence against the Armenians, the implications of deportations and attempts to bring those who committed the atrocities to justice. Kevorkian offers a detailed and meticulous record, providing an authoritative analysis of the events and their impact upon the Armenian community itself, as well as the development of the Turkish state. This important book will serve as an indispensable resource to historians of the period, as well as those wishing to understand the history of genocidal violence more generally.
 

Contents

Deportations in the Vilayet of Edirne and the Mutesarifat of BiğaDardanelles
Deportations in the Mutesarifat of Ismit
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Bursa and the Mutesarifat of Kütahya
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Aydın
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Konya
The Deportees on the IstanbulIsmitEskişehirKonyaBozanti Route
Repression or Genocidal Program?
Deportations in the Mutesarifat of Marash

Transformations in the Committee of Union and Progress after the First Balkan
The Armenian Organizations Handling of the Reform Question
The Establishment of the Ittihadist Dictatorship and the Plan to Homogenize Anatolia
Ideology in Command
Turkeys Entry into the
The Teşkilâtı Mahsusa on the Caucasian Front and the First Military Operations
The First Acts of Violence
Putting the Plan into Practice and the Temporary Deportation Law
The First Phase of the Genocide
The Demographic Issue
The Ottoman Armenians SocioEconomic Situation on the Eve of the
Reasons for a Regional Approach
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Erzerum
Resistance and Massacres in the Vilayet of
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Bitlis
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Dyarbekir
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of HarputMamuret ulAziz
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Sıvas
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Trebizond
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Angora
Deportations and Massacres in the Vilayet of Kastamonu
Constantinople in the Period of the Deportations and Massacres
Deportations in the Sancaks of Ayntab and Antakya
Deportations in the Mutesarifat of Urfa
An Agency in the Service of
Aleppo the Center of the Genocidal System and of Relief Operations for
The Camps in Suruc Arabpunar and Ras ulAyn and the Zones of Relegation
The Concentration Camps along The Euphrates Line
The Deportees on the HamaHomsDamascusDeraaJerusalemAmmanMaan
The Ittihads Independent Spirit or
The Armenian Deportees on the Bagdadbahn Construction Sites in the Taurus
The Dissolution of the Armenian
The Executioners
The Refounding of the Young Turk Party Shortly Before and Shortly After
Armistice
The Mazhar Governmental Commission of Inquiry and the Creation of Courts
The Armenian Survivors in their Places of Relegation in the Last Days of
The Great Powers and the Question of Crimes Against Humanity
The First Trial of the Young Turk Criminals Before the Istanbul CourtMartial
The Trial of the Responsible Secretaries and the Vicissitudes of the Subsidiary
From the Young Turk Connection to the Construction of
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Raymond Kevorkian is an historian who teaches at the Institut Francais de Geopolitique, University of Paris-VIII-Saint-Denis. He is Director of the Bibliotheque Nubar, the Armenian Library in Paris and the author of numerous works on the history of modern and contemporary Armenia and Armenians.

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