Ronald Suny et al., A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire (Oxford UP, 2011)
Hitler famously said about the Armenian genocide \u201cWho, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?\u201d\n\nFor much of the last 75 years, few people did in fact speak of it. \xa0When they did, the discussion largely revolved around the question of whether the killing deserved the label of genocide. \xa0Scholarly analysis did exist. \xa0But, in the public mind, it was largely swallowed up in a bitter debate about how to label, remember and interpret these events. \xa0Tuning out the vitriolic rhetoric, many of my students thought about Armenia only in the context of the lessons Hitler apparently drew from it.\n\nThis has gradually begun to change as historians and social scientists such as Taner Ak\xc3\xa7a and Vahakn Dadrian have turned their attention to Armenia. \xa0The\xa0book\xa0that forms the subject of today\u2019s interview\u2013A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire\xa0(Oxford University Press, 2011),\xa0edited by\xa0Ronald Suny,\xa0Fatma M\xc3\xbcge G\xc3\xb6\xc3\xa7ek, and\xa0Norman Naimark\u2013\xa0is an outstanding example of this new scholarship. \xa0All three have a deep and long-lasting engagement with the subject and have played an important role in creating a dispassionate dialogue about the genocide.\n\nA Question of Genocide\xa0forms one of the important outcomes of this dialogue. \xa0Its essays are \xa0models of careful analysis and research. \xa0Rather than attempting to present a complete narrative of events, they engage specific locations, questions or subjects. \xa0They demand careful attention and reflection. \xa0 But, put together, they offer an excellent synopsis of the state of research and opinion on the period and subject.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies