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The Young Turks' crime against humanity : the Armenian genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Ottoman Empire / Taner Akçam.
| Author/creator | Akçam, Taner, 1953- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | xlii, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Human rights and crimes against humanity Human rights and crimes against humanity. ^A715354 |
| Contents | Ottoman sources and the question of their being purged -- The plan for the homogenization of Anatolia -- The aftermath of the Balkan wars and the "emptying" of eastern Thrace and the Aegean littoral in 1913-14 -- The transformation of Ottoman politics toward the Ottoman Greeks during the First World War -- The initial phase of anti-Armenian policy -- Final steps in the decision-making process -- Interior Ministry documents and the intent to annihilate -- Demographic policy and the annihilation of the Armenians -- Assimilation : the conversion and forced marriage of Christian children -- The question of confiscated Armenian property -- Some official denialist arguments of the Turkish state and documents from the Ottoman Interior Ministry -- Toward a conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011049301 |
| ISBN | 9780691153339 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691153337 (alk. paper) |