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Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Henry Morgenthau Iii
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Description for Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Paperback. Originally published in 1918, this is the memoir of Henry Morgenthau, the American ambassador to the Ottoman Empire who not only documented but also tried to stop the genocide of the Armenian people. Num Pages: 424 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1KBB; 3JJF; BM; HBJF; HBLW; HBTZ; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 649.
Originally published in 1918, Ambassador Morgenthau's Story is one of the most insightful and compelling accounts of what became a recurring horror during the twentieth century: ethnic cleansing and genocide. While he served as the U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1916, Henry Morgenthau witnessed the rise of a new nationalism in Turkey, one that declared ""Turkey for the Turks."" He grew alarmed as he received reports from missionaries and consuls in the interior of Turkey that described the deportation and massacre of the Armenians, The ambassador beseeched the U.S. government to intervene, but ... Read more
Originally published in 1918, Ambassador Morgenthau's Story is one of the most insightful and compelling accounts of what became a recurring horror during the twentieth century: ethnic cleansing and genocide. While he served as the U.S. ambassador to the Ottoman Empire under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1916, Henry Morgenthau witnessed the rise of a new nationalism in Turkey, one that declared ""Turkey for the Turks."" He grew alarmed as he received reports from missionaries and consuls in the interior of Turkey that described the deportation and massacre of the Armenians, The ambassador beseeched the U.S. government to intervene, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814329795
SKU
V9780814329795
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About Henry Morgenthau Iii
Peter Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities and a professor of English at Colgate University, where he was the first director of the Center for Ethics and World Societies. He is the author of the prize-winning memoir Black Dog of Fate. Robert Jay Lifton, one of the most distinguished social critics and psychohistorians ... Read more
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