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Summary: Useless, even harmful for the much needed reconciliation...
Review: Another example of how the Armenian diaspora/lobby prevents Turkish-Armenian friendship and good-neighborly relations. No sensible person should believe that in the tragedy that occured in Anatolia only the Armenians suffered. No mention is made of the killings of armed Armanian gangs, their collaboration with the invading Russian enemy, the Czar's message of gratitude to the Armenian terrorists for successfully undermining Ottoman war efforts, etc. (Just think what the American government did to non-violent Japanese Americans during the WWII. And then try to imagine what would be the reaction if the Japanese Americans armed themselves and attacked American military and civilian targets and even worse, killing unprotected families of American soldiers trying (unsuccessfully)to prevent a Japanese invasion.) If the atmosphere leading to 1915 can be correcty explained, reconciliation between the Turks and the Armenians can be easily achieved. TheArmenians must stop Turk bashing and make the first sensible step by confessing that all started with their secessionist ambitions and terrorist activities. This touchy book, although very well written, does not serve the people who are trying to achieve reconciliation betwenn two otherwise very friendly nations. That's why I rate it with single star.
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Summary: The worst thing done to a race, ever
Review: everyone always gives credits to the jews for being massacred in the holcaust , all countrys admitted that it had occured due to records and the accounts of survivors, in school i learn about the holcaust and everytime its mentioned , i think, why dont we learn about what happened to the armenians?, dont we count too in this world, we have records and accounts of survivors, but still no one speaks of it except us, the armenians, we refuse to give up, until turkey and the world admit that this happened, and until turkey admits that it did happen. The survivors in this book give oral accounts that brought me to tears, since youll never know why armenians dont come to school on april 24, read this book and it will teach you, what should be taught.
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Summary: I highly reccomend this Book
Review: I just finished reading this book...it is riveting, well written, accessible, of manageable length (192) pages, and in general a supurb introduction to the subject for readers such as myself who didn't even know where or what Armenia was until I picked up this book. I really hope that the general public becomes more aware of the Armenian genicide and starts demanding that Turkey, and their Kurdish henchmen, own up to this awful crime and stop denying that the genicide of the Armenian nation ever happened. It is shocking that in my entire life I have never heard one word spoken in my church or in any school I have attendedabout the Armenian genicide. All I have ever heard about is the Jewish Holocaust (sp?), as if that were the first genicide of this century. A case can be made that if the world had become sufficiently enraged by the Armenian genicide, the Jewish Holocaust would never have happened. (Page 5 of the book states, "There is a universal tendency to avoid seeing, as well as remembering, the human capacity for evil. Adolf Hitler understood this well when, on August 22. 1939 he said to his military commanders regarding his plans for Poland: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"".) The book points out, in passing, that some Armenians believe that the reason the United States does not acknowledge that the Turks committed genicide against the Armenians, is because Turkey is a strong ally of the United States in the Middle East. I don't think it is possible to read this book without being profoundly affected by it. I don't personally have time to read a huge, thick book on the subject, so this 192 page, well written, emotionally powerful is probably all I'll ever have the time to read on the subject. I wish all Americans would read this book. Do read this book. Please.
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Summary: A Hidden Tragedy of the 20th Century
Review: I never learned about the Armenian Genocide in school. I'd never heard about it until I read a book which mentioned it, sparking my curiosity enough to read this book. It's another tragic story of man's inhumanity to man. Very much like the Holocaust of WW II. The Armenians believed they were being relocated, but instead found themselves being forced to travel without food, water and sanitation. Along the way they were robbed of what few possessions they were allowed to take with them. They were tortured, raped, shot, tossed over cliffs and hurled down mountainsides. They were stripped of their clothing and forced to walk for days on end until they died from exposure to the elements. Men, women, children and the elderly were all subjected to the same obscene cruelties. The few bright spots in the book included Turks and Kurds who protected Armenians at their own expense, and Armenians who managed to survive terrible tragedies and come through it all still believing in a just God and in the essential goodness of their fellow man.
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Summary: If you read one book on the Armenian Genocide, READ THIS!
Review: If you could give six stars, this book would get it. It should be required reading for high school or college students. It should be required reading for revisionist historians like Stanford Shaw, Bernard Lewis, Justin McCarthy, and Heath Lowry--or any other Turkish "historian". Putting aside all the politics and theories, this book simply focuses on the suffering of the Armenians who went through the Genocide of 1915. It is as much a sociology book as a historical one. The parallels between the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust become obvious as one reads the accounts. It is an invaluable primary source for further study of the Armenian Genocide, as most of the survivors are dying off. It is an easy read, but you will probably find yourself disgusted or teary-eyed during much of it. It is objective, simply telling the facts, including descriptions of good, helpful Turks. If you know little about the subject, this is a great place to start. For those who get to caught up in the politics of events, this is a great book to remember the horrific suffering of these human beings. And for those revisionists and neo-Young Turks who still deny the wholesale extermination of the Armenians, I can't think of a better book to force someone to start accepting the truth.
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Summary: If you read one book on the Armenian Genocide, READ THIS!
Review: If you could give six stars, this book would get it. It should be required reading for high school or college students. It should be required reading for revisionist historians like Stanford Shaw, Bernard Lewis, Justin McCarthy, and Heath Lowry--or any other Turkish "historian". Putting aside all the politics and theories, this book simply focuses on the suffering of the Armenians who went through the Genocide of 1915. It is as much a sociology book as a historical one. The parallels between the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust become obvious as one reads the accounts. It is an invaluable primary source for further study of the Armenian Genocide, as most of the survivors are dying off. It is an easy read, but you will probably find yourself disgusted or teary-eyed during much of it. It is objective, simply telling the facts, including descriptions of good, helpful Turks. If you know little about the subject, this is a great place to start. For those who get to caught up in the politics of events, this is a great book to remember the horrific suffering of these human beings. And for those revisionists and neo-Young Turks who still deny the wholesale extermination of the Armenians, I can't think of a better book to force someone to start accepting the truth.
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Summary: extremely doubtful
Review: The authors base their claims on extremely doubtful sources such as missionaries who obviously have a clear interest in telling a victimized story. I had a lot of hopes but was unfortunately utterly disappointed. It seems that the authors are too biased and lack any sort of impartiality in presenting the facts of the turbulent time period in question. Too bad...
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Summary: A must read book for anyone of Armenian descent.
Review: This book by the Miller's is truly a masterpiece that captures what many Armenians feel deep within their hearts. The accounts from the survivors are truly disturbing and make any Armenian truly proud to have surivived such atrocities. This book serves as a testament to the 1.5 million Armenians killed between 1915 and 1923. I can say this much... I and my family will never forget!
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Summary: A Must Read
Review: This book is an amazing compilation of first-hand accounts of the Armenian Genocide and other sources. The survivors interviewed, scattered all over and with such different paths all tell the same powerful events in which an innocent nation, an innocent minority, is led by the Ottoman Turkish government to its death. The poor, destitute survivors, many orphans, scattered around the world to this day, must live with their nightmares and the continued denial of the Turkish government. Well for all the millions the Turkish government has spent denying that the genocide ever happened, they can NEVER explain away the coinciding stories, the absolute truth of these 100 survivors. Thank you to the authors for bring this to us!
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Summary: very good book
Review: This book is excellent.I feel very sorry for the people
of Turkish origin who claim that this never happened
or that this was the result of "Armenian terrorism"(??!!).
At least the people of Germany have done their self-criticism...
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