Smyrna, September 1922
Subtitle: The American Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide
Publisher: Ecco
Published: April 26, 2016
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780062259899
Other titles: The Great Fire: One American's Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century's First Genocide
Description: In September 1922, the richest city of the Mediterranean was burned, and countless numbers of Christian refugees killed. The city was Smyrna, and the event was the final episode of the 20th Century’s first genocide — the slaughter of three million Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians of the Ottoman Empire.

The slaughter at Smyrna occurred as warships of the great powers stood by — the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy. The deaths of hundreds of thousands seemed inevitable until an American minister staged a bold rescue with the help of a courageous U.S. Naval officer. Now, the forgotten story of one of the great humanitarian acts of history gets told.
Table of contents: title: Dedication; title: Epigraph; title: Cast of Characters; title: Note on the Text; title: Maps; title: Prologue; title: PART ONE; label: Chapter 1
title: End of an Empire; label: Chapter 2
title: An Innocent Arrives; label: Chapter 3
title: The Great Offensive; label: Chapter 4
title: George Horton, Poet-Consul; label: Chapter 5
title: Garabed Hatcherian; label: Chapter 6
title: Admiral Bristol, American Potentate; label: Chapter 7
title: Washington Responds; label: Chapter 8
title: Jennings's Suggestion; label: Chapter 9
title: Theodora; label: Chapter 10
title: An American Destroyer Arrives; label: Chapter 11
title: The View from Nif; label: Chapter 12
title: Back in Constantinople; label: Chapter 13
title: Captain Hepburn's Dilemma; label: Chapter 14
title: Garabed Hatcherian; label: Chapter 15
title: Noureddin Pasha; title: PART TWO; label: Chapter 16
title: Fire Breaks Out; label: Chapter 17
title: "All Boats Over"; label: Chapter 18
title: Morning After; label: Chapter 19
title: Garabed Hatcherian; label: Chapter 20
title: Oil, War, and the Protection of Minorities; label: Chapter 21
title: Bristol's Resistance; title: PART THREE; label: Chapter 22
title: Halsey Powell; label: Chapter 23
title: Theodora; label: Chapter 24
title: Days of Despair; label: Chapter 25
title: "We Are Celebrating Smyrna"; label: Chapter 26
title: Jennings and the Hand of God; label: Chapter 27
title: Garabed Hatcherian; label: Chapter 28
title: Washington Feels the Pressure; label: Chapter 29
title: Jennings Negotiates with a Prime Minister; label: Chapter 30
title: The Evacuation Begins; label: Chapter 31
title: The Rhodes Letter Resurfaces; label: Chapter 32
title: Revolution; label: Chapter 33
title: British Assistance; label: Chapter 34
title: After Smyrna; title: Afterword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Notes; title: Selected Biliography; title: Index; title: Photo section; title: About the Author; title: Also by Lou Ureneck; title: Credits; title: Copyright; title: About the Publisher