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A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility

A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Taner AkcamPublish date:2007-08-21Pages:496
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780805086652ISBN-10:080508665XUPC:9780805086652Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Eastern Europe, Middle East, ModernBook Topic:Turkey & Ottoman Empire, 20th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC3RKQSJ8H

"The definitive account of the organized destruction of the Ottoman Armenians . . . No future discussion of the history will be able to ignore this brilliant book."--Orhan Pamuk

Beginning in 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, and mass acts of slaughter. Although Armenians and the judgment of history have long held the Ottoman powers responsible for genocide, modern Turkey has rejected any such claim.

Now, in a pioneering work of excavation, Turkish historian Taner Ak?am has made unprecedented use of Ottoman and other sources--military and court records, parliamentary minutes, letters, and eyewitness reports--to produce a scrupulous account of Ottoman culpability. Tracing the causes of the mass destruction, Ak?am reconstructs its planning and implementation by the departments of state, the military, and the ruling political parties, and he probes the multiple failures to bring the perpetrators to justice.

As the topic of the Armenian genocide provokes ever-greater passion and controversy around the world, Ak?am's work has only become more important and relevant. Beyond its timeliness, however, A Shameful Act is sure to take its lasting place as a classic and necessary work on the subject.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780805086652ISBN-10:080508665XUPC:9780805086652Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Eastern Europe, Middle East, ModernBook Topic:Turkey & Ottoman Empire, 20th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC3RKQSJ8H

Born in Ardahan province, Turkey, in 1953, Taner Akçam is the author of ten scholarly works of history and sociology, including A Shameful Act, as well as numerous articles in Turkish, German, and English. He currently teaches at Clark University.


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