America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915 / edited by Jay Winter. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - 272 pages. - Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 15 . - Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 15. .

Twentieth-century genocides / Under cover of war / Armenian genocide / Friend in power? / Wilsonian diplomacy and Armenia / American diplomatic correspondence in the age of mass murder / Armenian genocide and American missionary relief efforts / Mary Louise Graffam / From Ezra Pound to Theodore Roosevelt / Armenian genocide and US post-war commissions / Congress confronts the Armenian genocide / When news is not enough / Sir Martin Gilbert -- Jay Winter -- Vahakn N. Dadrian -- John Milton Cooper, Jr. -- Lloyd E. Ambrosius -- Rouben Paul Adalian -- Suzanne E. Moranian -- Susan Billington Harper -- Peter Balakian -- Richard G. Hovannisian -- Donald A. Ritchie -- Thomas C. Leonard.

Before Rwanda and Bosnia, and before the Holocaust, the first genocide of the 20th century happened in Turkish Armenia in 1915, when approximately one million people were killed. This volume presents an account of the American response to this atrocity.

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Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923--Foreign public opinion, American.
Genocide--Foreign public opinion, American.--Turkey
Armenians--History.--Turkey
World War, 1914-1918.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918.
Armenians.
Public opinion, American.
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918)--Congres.--Armenie (Turquie)
Genocide armenien (1915-1916)--Opinion publique americaine--Congres.
Armeniens--Congres.--Turquie--1900-1945
Opinion publique--Etats-Unis.


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Etats-Unis--Relations exterieures--Congres.--1913-1921


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