United States Policy Toward the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide

by Simon Payaslian

Book Overview

This comprehensive analysis of U.S. policy toward the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide focuses on the important role big business played in keeping the United States from playing a more active role in opposing the genocide, notwithstanding broad public opinion calling for greater action. Business interests feared antagonizing the Turkish leaders by too much of an intervention on behalf of the Armenians. It surveys the historical evolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349532584
• ISBN13: 9781349532582
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"