Armenian genocide : the great crime of World War I / David Charlwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charlwood, David, author.

Series:

History of terror

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923.

Armenia--History--1901-.

Armenia.

History.

Physical Description:

128 pages, 9 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2019.

Summary:

"Crammed into cattle trucks and deported to camps, shot and buried in mass graves, or force-marched to death, over 1.5 million Armenians were murdered by the Turkish state, twenty years before the start of Hitler's Holocaust. The United States' government called it a crime against humanity and Turkey was condemned by Russia, France and Great Britain. But two decades later the genocide had been conveniently forgotten. Hitler justified his Polish death squads by asking in 1939: 'Who after all is today speaking about the destruction of the Armenians?' Armenian Genocide is a new, gripping account that tells the story of the 'Megh Yeghern' - the Great Crime - against the Armenians through the stories of the men and women who died, the few who survived, and the diplomats who tried to intervene"--Back cover.

Contents:

1 A New World p. 8

2 The Drums of War p. 14

3 Scapegoats p. 20

4 Revolt and Resistance p. 24

5 A Genocide Begins p. 29

6 Arrest and Torture p. 34

7 Germany and the Armenians p. 40

8 Crimes against Humanity p. 45

9 The Process of the Deportations p. 51

10 "They Can Live in the Desert" p. 57

11 The Concentration Camps p. 72

12 The Assyrian and Pontic Genocides p. 78

13 Departures p. 84

14 Der-el-Zor p. 90

15 The Curtain Closes p. 96

16 On Trial p. 102

17 The End of Armenia p. 106.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-122) and index.

ISBN:

9781526729019

1526729016

OCLC:

1084396201

Publisher Number:

99980354513