02084cam a2200349 4500 758544910 TxAuBib 20070406120000.0 051208s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005058401 9780805079326 0805079327 (OCoLC)64844685 DLC DLC BAKER GK8 C#P YDX VP@ BTCTA YDXCP IXA VVC DLC TxGR TxAuBib eng tur Akçam, Taner, 1953- A shameful act [Book] : the Armenian genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility / Taner Akçam ; translated by Paul Bessemer. İnsan hakları ve Ermeni sorunu. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006. x, 483 p. : map ; 25 cm. "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. The Ottoman state and its non-Muslim populations -- The Union and progress era -- Turkish nationalism -- What led to the decision for genocide? -- The decision and its aftermath -- The question of punishing the "Turk" -- Ottoman government initiatives -- The Turkish national movement's position on the genocide -- The final phase of the trials -- Why the postwar trials failed. 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. 20070406. War crimes. Genocide Turkey. Armenian massacres, 1915-1923. Turkey History 20th century. RV8