Starving Armenians by Merrill D Peterson
The persecution and suffering of the Armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the Ottoman Empire, reached a peak in the era of World War I. This text explores the American response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to President Wilson from his Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau.
The principal actors in this book are Americans whose triumphs and failures emerge as deeply emblematic of the American spirit and characterThe kind of challenge and dilemma that Americans faced as to how to respond to the agony of the Armenians is still with us: to what extent should morality and humanitarianism enter into American diplomacy and foreign policy? --Vigen Guroian, Loyola College, author of Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination
Merrill D. Peterson, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Virginia, is the editor of the Library of America edition of the writings of Thomas Jefferson and the author of numerous books, including Lincoln in American Memory and John Brown: The Legend Revisited (Virginia).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813922676 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813922674 |
| Title | Starving Armenians |
| Author | Merrill D Peterson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
| Year published | 2004-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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