Starving Armenians: America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After
Merrill D. Peterson
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Hardcover. The persecution and suffering of the Armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the Ottoman Empire, reached a peak in the era of World War I. This text explores the American response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to President Wilson from his Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUR; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
The persecution and suffering of the Armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the Ottoman Empire, reached a peak in the era of World War I at the hands of the Turks. Between 1915 and 1925 as many as 1.5 million Armenian men, women, and children died in Ottoman Turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the Syrian desert. In ""Starving Armenians,"" Merrill Peterson explores the American response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to President Wilson from his Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau, who described Turkey as ""a place of horror."" The ... Read more
The persecution and suffering of the Armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the Ottoman Empire, reached a peak in the era of World War I at the hands of the Turks. Between 1915 and 1925 as many as 1.5 million Armenian men, women, and children died in Ottoman Turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the Syrian desert. In ""Starving Armenians,"" Merrill Peterson explores the American response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to President Wilson from his Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau, who described Turkey as ""a place of horror."" The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813922676
SKU
V9780813922676
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About Merrill D. Peterson
Merrill D. Peterson, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Virginia, is the editor of the Library of America edition of the writings of Thomas Jefferson and the author of numerous books, including Lincoln in American Memory and John Brown: The Legend Revisited (Virginia).
Reviews for Starving Armenians: America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After
The principal actors in this book are Americans whose triumphs and failures emerge as deeply emblematic of the American spirit and character. The kind of challenge and dilemma that Americans faced as to how to respond to the agony of the Armenians is still with us: to what extent should morality and humanitarianism enter into American diplomacy and foreign policy? ... Read more