Richard G. Hovannisian Book order (chronological)

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The book offers a comprehensive history of Armenia, detailing its evolution from ancient foundations through significant events like the Crusades, Ottoman and Tsarist resistance, and the establishment of the Republic in 1991. Edited by a leading historian, it features contributions from experts on various periods, exploring Armenian origins, societal dynamics, and cultural developments across nearly two millennia. Key themes include the struggle for autonomy amidst powerful empires and the profound influence of Christianity on Armenian identity and history.

The Armenian Genocide that began in World War I, during the drive to transform the plural Ottoman Empire into a monoethnic Turkey, removed a people from its homeland and erased most evidence of their 3000-year-old material and spiritual culture. For the rest of this century, changing world events, calculated silence, and active suppression of memory have overshadowed the initial global outrage and have threatened to make this calamity "the forgotten genocide" of world history.Fourteen leading scholars here examine the Armenian Genocide from a variety of perspectives to refute those efforts and show how remembrance and denial have shaped perceptions of the event. Many of the chapters draw on archival records and court proceedings to review the precursors and process of the genocide, examine German complicity, and share the responses of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders.