Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide

by Thomas de Waal

Book Overview

The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was the greatest atrocity of World War I. Around one million Armenians were killed, and the survivors were scattered across the world. Although it is now a century old, the issue of what most of the world calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is still a live and divisive issue that mobilizes Armenians across the world, shapes the identity and politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199350698
• ISBN13: 9780199350698
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"