Mohammad Gholi Majd

The Great Famine & Genocide in Iran (eBook, ePUB)

1917-1919

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

At least 8-10 million Iranians out of a population of 18-20 million died of starvation and disease during the famine of 1917-1919. The Iranian holocaust was the biggest calamity of World War I and one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, yet it remained concealed for nearly a century. The 2003 edition of this book relied primarily on US diplomatic records and memoirs of British officers who served in Iran in World War I, but in this edition these documents have been supplemented with US military records, British official sources, memoirs, diaries of notable Iranians, and a wide array of Iranian newspaper reports. In addition, the demographic data has been expanded to include newly discovered US State Department documents on Iran's pre-1914 population. This book also includes a new chapter with a detailed military and political history of Iran in World War I. A work of enduring value, Majd provides a comprehensive account of Iran's greatest calamity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761861683
• Artikelnr.: 39138970

Autorenporträt

Mohammad Gholi Majd is the author of The Great Famine & Genocide in Iran: 1917-1919, 2nd Edition. University Press of America, 2013, and Iran Under Allied Occupation in World War II: The Bridge to Victory & A Land of Famine. University Press of America, 2016, and other works on 20th century Iranian history.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Iran in World War I 3. The Great Famine of 1917-1919: A
Documentary Account 4. A Veritable Holocaust: The Decline in the Population
of Iran 5. Depriving Iran of Food 6. The Financial Strangulation 7. Blaming
the Russians and the Iranians 8. Versailles and the Onset of the Cover-up
Appendix Index