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The Burning Tigris

By Peter Balakian

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The Burning Tigris

By Peter Balakian

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A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten HeroesIn this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. Using rarely seen archival documents and remarkable first-person accounts, Balakian presents the chilling history of how the Turkish government implemented the first modern genocide behind the cover of World War I. And in the telling, he resurrects an extraordinary lost chapter of American history.Awarded the Raphael Lemkin Prize for the best scholarly book on genocide by the Institute for Genocide Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
528
Release Date:
2004-10-01
Publication Date:
2004-10-05
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0060558709
ISBN13:
9780060558703
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
658 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
31 cm
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