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British Empire and the Armenian Genocide

Michelle Tusan
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      An estimated one million Armenians were killed in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Against the backdrop of World War I, reports of massacre, atrocity, genocide and exile sparked the largest global humanitarian response up to that date. Britain and its empire - the most powerful internationalist institutional force at the time - played a key role in determining the global response to these events. This book considers the first attempt to intervene on behalf of the victims of the massacres and to prosecute those responsible for 'crimes against humanity' using newly uncovered archival material. It looks at those who attempted to stop the violence and to prosecute the Ottoman perpetrators of the atrocities. In the process it explores why the Armenian question emerged as one of the most popular humanitarian causes in British society, capturing the imagination of philanthropists, politicians and the press. For liberals, it was seen as the embodiment of the humanitarian ideals espoused by their former leader (and four-time Prime Minister), W.E. Gladstone. For conservatives, as articulated most clearly by Winston Churchill, it proved a test case for British imperial power.In looking at the British response to the events in Anatolia, Michelle Tusan provides a new perspective on the genocide and sheds light on one of the first ever international humanitarian campaigns.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Michelle Tusan EAN: 9780755601264 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 376 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-26 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      c 1500 onwards to present day, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Nationalism, Human rights, civil rights, Political oppression and persecution, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, First World War

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      Michelle Tusan is Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the author of Smyrna's Ashes: Humanitarianism, Genocide and the Birth of the Middle East. She has published widely on the history of humanitarianism and human rights.
      An estimated one million Armenians were killed in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Against the backdrop of World War I, reports of massacre, atrocity, genocide and exile sparked the largest global humanitarian response up to that date. Britain and its empire - the most powerful internationalist institutional force at the time - played a key role in determining the global response to these events. This book considers the first attempt to intervene on behalf of the victims of the massacres and to prosecute those responsible for 'crimes against humanity' using newly uncovered archival material. It looks at those who attempted to stop the violence and to prosecute the Ottoman perpetrators of the atrocities. In the process it explores why the Armenian question emerged as one of the most popular humanitarian causes in British society, capturing the imagination of philanthropists, politicians and the press. For liberals, it was seen as the embodiment of the humanitarian ideals espoused by their former leader (and four-time Prime Minister), W.E. Gladstone. For conservatives, as articulated most clearly by Winston Churchill, it proved a test case for British imperial power.In looking at the British response to the events in Anatolia, Michelle Tusan provides a new perspective on the genocide and sheds light on one of the first ever international humanitarian campaigns.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Michelle Tusan EAN: 9780755601264 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 376 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-26 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      c 1500 onwards to present day, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Nationalism, Human rights, civil rights, Political oppression and persecution, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, First World War

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      Michelle Tusan is Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the author of Smyrna's Ashes: Humanitarianism, Genocide and the Birth of the Middle East. She has published widely on the history of humanitarianism and human rights.

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