Taner Akcam

A Shameful Act (eBook, ePUB)

The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A landmark study of Turkish involvement in the Armenian genocide: A "groundbreaking and lucid account by a prominent Turkish scholar" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, exile, and mass acts of slaughter. Although Armenians and world opinion have held the Ottoman powers responsible, Turkey has consistently rejected claims of genocide. Now Turkish historian Taner Akçam has made extensive and unprecedented use of Ottoman and other sources to produce a scrupulous charge sheet against the Turkish authorities. The first scholar of any nationality to mine the significant evidence-in Turkish military and court records, parliamentary minutes, letters, and eyewitness accounts-Akçam follows the chain of events leading up to the killing and then reconstructs its systematic orchestration by coordinated departments of the Ottoman state, the ruling political parties, and the military. He also examines how Turkey succeeded in evading responsibility, pointing to competing international interests in the region, the priorities of Turkish nationalists, and the international community's inadequate attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466832121
• Artikelnr.: 43688776

Autorenporträt

Born in Ardahan Province, Turkey, in 1953, Taner Akçam is the author of ten scholarly works of history and sociology, as well as numerous articles in Turkish, German, and English. He currently teaches at the University of Minnesota.