Title:
A shameful act : the Armenian genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility / Taner Akçam ; translated by Paul Bessemer.
Author:
Akçam, Taner, 1953-
Publication Information:
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006.
Call Number:
DS195.5 .A418 2006
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0626/2005058401-b.html
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN:
9780805079326
Physical Description:
x, 483 p. : map ; 25 cm.
General Note:
"Originally published in Turkey in 1999 under the title İnsan hakları ve Ermeni sorunu : İttihat ve Terakki'den Kurtuluş Savaşı'na"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
The Ottoman state and its non-Muslim populations -- The Union and progress era -- Turkish nationalism -- What led to the decision for genocide? -- The decision and its aftermath -- The question of punishing the "Turk" -- Ottoman government initiatives -- The Turkish national movement's position on the genocide -- The final phase of the trials -- Why the postwar trials failed.
Uniform Title:
İnsan hakları ve Ermeni sorunu. English
Personal Author:
