The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide by Guenter LewyIn 1915, the Ottoman government, then run by the Young Turks, deported most of its Armenian citizens from their eastern Anatolian lands. According to reliable estimates, close to forty percent of the prewar population perished, many in brutal massacres. The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey examines the rich historical evidence without political preconceptions.
The Armenian genocide : News Accounts from the American Press: 1915-1922 by compiled and edited by Richard Diran KloianThis compilation of 200 full length articles from The New York Times and over 60 full-length articles from 14 American journals of the time reprises the day to day reporting of the genocide. Included are photographs, maps, and official documents including the Turkish Military Tribunal of 1918 that found Turkey’s former leaders guilty of ordering the Armenian massacres.
A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire by Ronald Grigor Suny (Editor); Fatma Müge Göçek (Editor); Norman M. Naimark (Editor)Working together for the first time, Turkish, Armenian, and other scholars present here a compelling reconstruction of what happened and why. This volume gathers the most up-to-date scholarship on Armenian genocide, looking at how the event has been written about in Western and Turkish historiographies; what was happening on the eve of the catastrophe; portraits of the perpetrators; detailed accounts of the massacres; how the event has been perceived in both local and international contexts, including World War I; and reflections on the broader implications of what happened then.