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Armeniansby Edmund Herzig; Marina Kurkichayan
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 160.00A comprehensive introduction to the historical forces and recent social and political developments that have shaped todays Armenian people. With contributions from leading Armenian, American and European specialists. more...
America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915by Jay Winter; Paul Kennedy; Antoine Prost; Emmanuel Sivan
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 38.00Before Rwanda and Bosnia, and before the Holocaust, the first genocide of the twentieth century happened in Turkish Armenia in 1915. Jay Winter has brought together a team of experts to examine how Americans learned of this catastrophe and how they tried to help its victims. more...
The Burning Tigrisby Peter Balakian
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99A 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... more...
From Empire to Republicby Taner Akçam
Zed Books 2004; US$ 39.95Taner Akçam is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and discuss openly the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman-Turkish government in 1915. This book discusses western political policies towards the region generally, and represents the first serious scholarly attempt to understand the genocide from a perpetrator rather than victim perspective, and to contextualize those events within Turkeys political history. By refusing to acknowledge the fact of genocide, successive Turkish governments not only perpetuate massive historical injustice, but also pose a fundamental obstacle to Turkeys democratization today. more...
Armenian Golgothaby Grigoris Balakian
Knopf Publishing Group 2009; US$ 15.99On April 24, 1915, Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinople’s Armenian community. It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empire’s systematic attempt to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkey—a campaign that continued through World War I and the fall of the empire. Over the next four years, Balakian would bear witness to a seemingly endless caravan of blood, surviving to recount his miraculous escape and expose the atrocities that led to over a million deaths. Armenian Golgotha is Balakian’s devastating eyewitness account—a haunting reminder of the first modern genocide and a controversial historical document that is destined to become a classic of survivor literature.... more...
The History of Armeniaby S. Payaslian
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 80.00A timely and concise overview of Armenian history more...
Daily Life in the Mongol Empireby George Lane
ABC-CLIO 2006; US$ 70.00The Mongol Empire comes to life in this vivid account of the lives of ordinary people who lived under the rule of Ghengis Khan. The book allows the reader to enjoy traditional Mongol folktales and experience life in a yurt, the tent in which the nomadic Mongols lived. It explains why the Mongols had a reputation for being savage barbarians by describing their fur-lined clothes and their heavy, meat- and alcohol-based diet. It supplies first-hand accounts of fighting in Ghengis Khan's decimalized army, and explores the various tasks that were left up to the women, such as loading and unloading the wagons when traveling. High school students and undergraduates can compare and contrast religious beliefs and various laws of the Mongols with... more...
Armenia Travel Complete Profileby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 16.00Whether planning your own trip to Armenia, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
The Caucasusby Thomas de Waal
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 18.95In this well-researched and fascinating book, noted journalist Thomas de Waal--author of the highly acclaimed Black Garden--makes the case that while the Caucasus is often treated as a sub-plot in the history of Russia, or as a mere gateway to Asia, the five-day war in Georgia, which flared into a major international crisis in 2008, proves that this is still a combustible region, whose inner dynamics and history deserve a much more complex appreciation from the wider world. In The Caucasus, de Waal provides this richer, deeper, and much-needed appreciation, one that reveals that the South Caucasus--Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, and their many smaller regions, enclaves, and breakaway entities--is a fascinating and distinct world unto itself.... more...
Historical Dictionary of Armeniaby Rouben Adalian
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2010; US$ 149.99The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Armenia relates the turbulent past of this persistent country through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Armenian history from the earliest times to the present. more...









