"Starving Armenians" : America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and after
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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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xiv, 199 pages : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Between 1915 and 1925 as many as 1.5 million Armenian men, women, and children died in Ottoman Turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the Syrian Desert." "In "Starving Armenians," Merrill Peterson explores the American response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to President Wilson from his ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau, who described Turkey as "a place of horror." The West gradually began to take notice. As the New York Times carried stories about the "slow massacre of a race," public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by Near East Relief, an organization rooted in Protestant missionary endeavors in the Near East and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth century. The book also addresses the Armenian aspirations for an independent republic under American auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when Armenia was absorbed into the Soviet Union."--BOOK JACKET
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Peterson, M. D. (2004). "Starving Armenians": America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and after . University of Virginia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peterson, Merrill D. 2004. "Starving Armenians": America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After. University of Virginia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Peterson, Merrill D. "Starving Armenians": America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After University of Virginia Press, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Peterson, Merrill D. "Starving Armenians": America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After University of Virginia Press, 2004.
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