LEADER 04667cam a22006854a 4500001 273476 005 20240621233919.0 008 101022s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 2010043764 015 GBB111982 |2bnb 020 9780230110595 |q(alkaline paper) 020 0230110592 |q(alkaline paper) 024 8 40019446786 024 8 40019425051 035 (OCoLC)ocn676728563 035 273476 042 pcc 043 a-tu--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dBWX |dIG# |dCDX |dYUS |dUKMGB |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dCHVBK |dOCLCO |dCOO |dOCL |dOCLCO |dS3O |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCL |dCUH |dVGM |dTFW |dOCLCA |dBNG |dLHM 050 00 DS195.5 |b.G85 2011 100 1 Gunter, Michael M. 245 10 Armenian history and the question of genocide / |cMichael M. Gunter. 264 1 New York : |bPalgrave Macmillan, |c2011. 300 xi, 195 pages ; |c22 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index. 505 0 The historical origins of the Turkish-Armenian animosity -- What is genocide? -- Armenian terrorism in the 20th century -- Politicizing history -- Turkish counterterror and harassment? -- Rapprochement? 520 "This book presents the Turkish position regarding the Armenian claims of genocide during World War I and the continuing debate over this issue. The author illustrates that although genocide is a useful concept to describe such evil events as the Jewish Holocaust in World War II and Rwanda in the 1990s, the term has also been overused, misused, and therefore trivialized by many different groups seeking to demonize their antagonists and win sympathetic approbation for them. This book includes the Armenians in this category because, although as many as 600,000 of them died during World War I, it was neither a premeditated policy perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkish government nor an event unilaterally implemented without cause. Of course, in no way does this excuse the horrible excesses that were committed. To illustrate this point, this book uses the recent work of the noted French scholar Jacques Semelin, and such long-suppressed Armenian personalities as Hovhannes Katchaznouni (the first prime minister of Armenia after WWI) and K.S. Papazian (an historian), among others. This book also illustrates how today Armenians have sought to politicize and legislate their version of history in parliamentary and other governmental bodies around the world, damning their opponents as genocide deniers and perpetrators of hate speech. The case of the renowned scholar Bernard Lewis is a prime example of this Armenian misuse and distortion of their politicized version of history. This book also analyzes the hypermobilized Armenian lobbying tactics that have achieved considerable success in politicizing their version of history. Among many other issues, this book also analyzes the recent "soccer diplomacy" between Turkey and Armenia, which has led to their signing treaties that will establish diplomatic relations between them and an historical commission to analyze their different versions of history"--Publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923. 650 0 Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 |xHistoriography. 650 0 Armenians |zTurkey |xHistory. 650 0 Armenian question. 651 0 Turkey |xEthnic relations. 650 0 Genocide |zTurkey. 650 7 Armenian question. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00814757 650 7 Armenians. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00814767 650 7 Ethnic relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00916005 650 7 Genocide. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00940208 650 7 Historiography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958221 651 7 Turkey. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01208963 650 7 Armenier. |0(DE-588)4085933-2 |2gnd 650 7 Völkermord. |0(DE-588)4063690-2 |2gnd 650 7 Armenische Frage. |0(DE-588)4208028-9 |2gnd 650 7 Geschichtsschreibung. |0(DE-588)4020531-9 |2gnd 651 7 Osmanisches Reich. |0(DE-588)4075720-1 |2gnd 651 7 Türkei. |0(DE-588)4061163-2 |2gnd 650 7 Völkermord. |2idszbz 651 7 Armenien. |2idszbz 651 7 Türkei. |2idszbz 650 7 Armenier |zTurkiet |xhistoria. |2sao 650 7 Folkmord |zTurkiet. |2sao 650 7 Folkmordet i Armenien 1915-1923. |2sao 651 7 Turkiet |xetniska relationer. |2sao 648 7 1915-1923 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 0 |bstacks |hDS195.5 |i.G85 2011