The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. First Edition. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 475 pages. Illus., map, notes, glossary, selected bibliography, index. Signed and dated by the author. The highly acclaimed author of "Black Dog of Fate" offers a landmark history of the Armenian massacres of the 1890's and the genocide of 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, and America's extraordinary response. The Turkish government implemented the first modern genocide behind the cover of World War I. In the United States, many people came together to try to save the Armenians. Courageous missionaries, diplomats, and relief workers recorded their eyewitness accounts and often risked their lives in the killing fields of Armenia. Condition: Very good / very good.
Keywords: Abdul Hamid, Censorship, Signed, Deportations, Hen Morgenthau, Ottoman Empire, American Red Cross, Turkey, Armenian Genocide
ISBN: 0060198400
[Book #52704]
Price: $50.00