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The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response

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A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten Heroes

In this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. Using rarely seen archival documents and remarkable first-person accounts, Balakian presents the chilling history of how the Turkish government implemented the first modern genocide behind the cover of World War I. And in the telling, he resurrects an extraordinary lost chapter of American history.

Awarded the Raphael Lemkin Prize for the best scholarly book on genocide by the Institute for Genocide Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center.

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A "New York Times" bestseller, this masterful history of the Armenian massacres of the 1890s and the genocide of 195 is told from the view of American involvement in what was the first major international human rights movement in American history.
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About the Author

Peter Balakian teaches at Colgate University, where he is a Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780061860171
Subtitle:
The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Author:
Balakian, Peter
Author:
Peter Balakian
Subject:
History : United States - 20th Century
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Modern - 20th Century
Subject:
International Relations - General
Subject:
Middle East - General
Subject:
Middle East-Armenia
Subject:
Politics-Human Rights
Subject:
US History - 20th Century
Subject:
World History-Eastern Europe
Subject:
World History-Middle East
Subject:
Jewish
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
20041005
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
528
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