A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility

by Taner Akçam

Book Overview

"The definitive account of the organized destruction of the Ottoman Armenians . . . No future discussion of the history will be able to ignore this brilliant book."--Orhan Pamuk

Beginning in 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, and mass acts of slaughter. Although Armenians and the judgment of history have long held the Ottoman powers responsible for genocide,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080508665X
• ISBN13: 9780805086652
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"