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Thomas de Waal's book 'Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the
Shadow of Genocide' released
17:41 * 30.01.15
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has posted a book
entitled 'Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of
Genocide' by eminent scholar and reporter Thomas de Waal.
The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1916
was the greatest atrocity of World War I. Around one million Armenians
were killed, and the survivors were scattered across the world, says
an announcement on the carnegieendowment.org website.
Although it is now a century old, the issue of what most of the world
calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is still a live and divisive issue
that mobilizes Armenians across the world, shapes the identity and
politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed the attention of U.S.
politicians for years.
In Great Catastrophe, the eminent scholar and reporter Thomas de Waal
looks at the aftermath and politics of the Armenian Genocide and tells
the story of recent efforts by courageous Armenians, Kurds, and Turks
to come to terms with the disaster as Turkey enters a new
post-Kemalist era. The story of what happened to the Armenians in
1915-16 is well-known. Here we are told the "history of the history"
and the lesser-known story of what happened to Armenians, Kurds, and
Turks in the century that followed. De Waal relates how different
generations tackled the issue of the "Great Catastrophe" from the
1920s until the failure of the Protocols signed by independent Armenia
and Turkey in 2010.
The devising of the word "genocide," the growth of modern identity
politics, and the 50th anniversary of the massacres re-energized a new
generation of Armenians. In Turkey the issue was initially forgotten,
only to return to the political agenda in the context of the Cold War.
Turkey has started to confront its taboos. In an astonishing revival
of oral history, the descendants of tens of thousands of "Islamized
Armenians," who have been in the shadows since 1915, have begun to
reemerge and reclaim their identities.
Drawing on archival sources, reportage and moving personal stories, de
Waal tells the full story of Armenian-Turkish relations since the
Genocide in all its extraordinary twists and turns. He looks behind
the propaganda to examine the realities of a terrible historical crime
and the divisive "politics of genocide" it produced. The book throws
light not only on our understanding of Armenian-Turkish relations but
also of how mass atrocities and historical tragedies shape
contemporary politics.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/30/thomas-de-waal/1574567
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGCAQIcJsoc
From: A. Papazian
Shadow of Genocide' released
17:41 * 30.01.15
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has posted a book
entitled 'Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of
Genocide' by eminent scholar and reporter Thomas de Waal.
The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1916
was the greatest atrocity of World War I. Around one million Armenians
were killed, and the survivors were scattered across the world, says
an announcement on the carnegieendowment.org website.
Although it is now a century old, the issue of what most of the world
calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is still a live and divisive issue
that mobilizes Armenians across the world, shapes the identity and
politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed the attention of U.S.
politicians for years.
In Great Catastrophe, the eminent scholar and reporter Thomas de Waal
looks at the aftermath and politics of the Armenian Genocide and tells
the story of recent efforts by courageous Armenians, Kurds, and Turks
to come to terms with the disaster as Turkey enters a new
post-Kemalist era. The story of what happened to the Armenians in
1915-16 is well-known. Here we are told the "history of the history"
and the lesser-known story of what happened to Armenians, Kurds, and
Turks in the century that followed. De Waal relates how different
generations tackled the issue of the "Great Catastrophe" from the
1920s until the failure of the Protocols signed by independent Armenia
and Turkey in 2010.
The devising of the word "genocide," the growth of modern identity
politics, and the 50th anniversary of the massacres re-energized a new
generation of Armenians. In Turkey the issue was initially forgotten,
only to return to the political agenda in the context of the Cold War.
Turkey has started to confront its taboos. In an astonishing revival
of oral history, the descendants of tens of thousands of "Islamized
Armenians," who have been in the shadows since 1915, have begun to
reemerge and reclaim their identities.
Drawing on archival sources, reportage and moving personal stories, de
Waal tells the full story of Armenian-Turkish relations since the
Genocide in all its extraordinary twists and turns. He looks behind
the propaganda to examine the realities of a terrible historical crime
and the divisive "politics of genocide" it produced. The book throws
light not only on our understanding of Armenian-Turkish relations but
also of how mass atrocities and historical tragedies shape
contemporary politics.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/30/thomas-de-waal/1574567
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGCAQIcJsoc
From: A. Papazian