'[An] important contribution to genocide studies.'
Middle East Quarterly `A significant and welcome contribution to the field of genocide studies . . . Yacoub's book establishes a very strong foundation to the academic study of the Assyrian Genocide in English.' 'Yacoub's work is essential reading and sheds light on a dark chapter of twentieth century Middle Eastern history ... Read morethat has been deliberately silenced.'
Vicken Cheterian, Webster University, Geneva, author of Open Wounds: Armenians, Turks and a Century of Genocide
'This important and revelatory book tells of the biblical race which has suffered genocide twice within a century: over half were destroyed by the Ottoman atrocities of 1915, and now their descendants in Mosul and elsewhere are being put to the sword by ISIS. The Assyrians today deserve more than our pity - they need our protection.'
Geoffrey Robertson QC, human rights barrister, Doughty Street Chambers, and author of An Inconvenient Genocide
'Meticulous and moving, Year of the Sword documents the forgotten horrors that befell the Syriac-speaking Christians of the Ottoman Empire. This is a book for all times, but especially our own, when the Middle East's distinctive ethno-religious diversity is again under threat from violence and forced migration. Readers will be sobered and better informed thanks to Yacoub's efforts.'
Christian Sahner, Research Fellow in History, St. John's College, University of Cambridge, and author of Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present
'Yacoub, whose family was murdered and dispersed, has gathered together a compelling range of eye-witness accounts and reports which cast light on this hidden genocide. Passionate and yet authoritative, his book reveals a little-known human and cultural tragedy.'
Pan Armenian Network
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