{"product_id":"a-shameful-act-taner-akcam-9780805086652","title":"A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of the organized destruction of the Ottoman Armenians . . . No future discussion of the history will be able to ignore this brilliant book.--Orhan Pamuk\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, and mass acts of slaughter. Although Armenians and the judgment of history have long held the Ottoman powers responsible for genocide, modern Turkey has rejected any such claim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, in a pioneering work of excavation, Turkish historian Taner Ak軋m has made unprecedented use of Ottoman and other sources--military and court records, parliamentary minutes, letters, and eyewitness reports--to produce a scrupulous account of Ottoman culpability. Tracing the causes of the mass destruction, Ak軋m reconstructs its planning and implementation by the departments of state, the military, and the ruling political parties, and he probes the multiple failures to bring the perpetrators to justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the topic of the Armenian genocide provokes ever-greater passion and controversy around the world, Ak軋m's work has only become more important and relevant. Beyond its timeliness, however, \u003ci\u003eA Shameful Act\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to take its lasting place as a classic and necessary work on the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taner Akcam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080508665X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805086652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2007 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/10\/2007 pg. 37","brand":"Taner Akcam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947227152639,"sku":"9780805086652","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e7bd04e7-bf42-4a80-8244-46f74387f96b.jpg?v=1681517477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-shameful-act-taner-akcam-9780805086652","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}