Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide

by Richard G. Hovannisian (Contributor), Ara Sarafian (Contributor), Donald E. Miller (Contributor)

The Armenian Genocide that began in World War I, during the drive to transform the plural Ottoman Empire into a monoethnic Turkey, removed a people from its homeland and erased most evidence of their 3000-year-old material and spiritual culture. For the rest of this century, changing world events, calculated silence, and active suppression of memory have overshadowed the initial global outrage and have threatened to make this calamity "the forgotten genocide" of world history.
Fourteen leading scholars here examine the Armenian Genocide from a variety of perspectives to refute those efforts and show how remembrance and denial have shaped perceptions of the event. Many of the chapters draw on archival records and court proceedings to review the precursors and process of the genocide, examine German complicity, and share the responses of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders.

Genres: History

328 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Brandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for what it is - a collection of scholarly essays on various topics around remembrance and denial of the Armenian Genocide. Some were better than others. The last couple are pretty redundant, although I do agree that "The Lewis Affair" is shameful and should be talked about - I just didn't think the three essays really said much different.