A shameful act
Subtitle: the Armenian genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility
By: Taner Akçam ; translated  by Paul Bessemer
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780805079326
Subjects: Crimes de guerre; War crimes; Genocide; Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Génocide arménien, 1915-1916; Völkermord; Génocide
Work titles: İnsan hakları ve Ermeni sorunu
Description: A study of the Armenian genocide draws on Ottoman sources, including parliamentary minutes, letters, military and court records, and eyewitness accounts, to lay responsibility for the event on Turkish authorities, revealing a systematic orchestration of the killings by the military, ruling political parties, and the Ottoman state.
Notes: "Originally published in Turkey in 1999 under the title İnsan hakları ve Ermeni sorunu : İttihat ve Terakki'den Kurtuluş Savaşı'na"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-464) and index.
Table of contents: title: Map --; title: Preface --; title: Author's note -- -- [pt]. 1. The; title: Armenian question prior to the decision for genocide -- -- 1. The; title: Ottoman state and its non-Muslim populations -- -- 2. The; title: Union and progress era -- -- 3.; title: Turkish nationalism -- -- [pt]. 2. The; title: decision for genocide and subsequent developments -- -- 4.; title: What led to the decision for genocide? -- -- 5. The; title: decision and its aftermath -- -- [pt]. 3. The; title: investigations and prosecution of the war crimes and genocide -- -- 6. The; title: question of punishing the "Turk" -- -- 7.; title: Ottoman government initiatives -- -- 8. The; title: Turkish national movement's position on the genocide -- -- 9. The; title: final phase of the trials -- -- 10.; title: Why the postwar trials failed --; title: Notes --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Index.