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A 30 page research paper that discusses genocide, focusing primarily on the details of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and Peter Balakian's book on this subject, The Burning Tigris (2003). Balakian's analysis of the Armenian Genocide addresses several pertinent themes that are applicable to the overall topic of genocide. Therefore, this examination of the Armenian Genocide, concentrating on the history and analysis offered by Balakian, also extends his points, where applicable, to the topic of genocide in general. It attempts to discern the pattern of genocide and how this has been replicated in other genocidal campaigns, as well as the fundamental causes behind genocide and tragedy, which relate the discussion to the causes of human aggression and violence. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
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in that region, were murdered. The sultans government was overthrown in 1909 and the new regime carried his policies toward Armenians to a new and terrible level in 1915--overt genocide.
This genocidal campaign ushered in the twentieth century with what would become one of its principal social/political characteristics, as many more genocidal campaigns would follow. At the time, the
world was outraged at the brutality of Turkey and Peter Balakian, in his book The Burning Tigris (2003), puts this international reaction within its historical context, focusing principally on the
American reaction, describing how the Armenian massacre led to the emergence of a fledging human rights movement in the United States. He argues that the ramifications of the Armenian Genocide
indicate that this was a "landmark event," which deserves "its proper place in modern history" and this is certainly the case (Balakian xx). A prevalent theme in Balakians text is
how quickly the world forgets victims, such as the Armenians, as they get pushed aside in the onslaught of current events (Barnett 32). One can argue that the same sort
of "forgetting" is beginning to emerge in todays world in reference to the Nazi Holocaust. As this suggests, Balakians analysis of the Armenian Genocide addresses several pertinent themes that are
applicable to the overall topic of genocide. Therefore, the following examination of the Armenian Genocide, concentrating on the history and analysis offered by Balakian, also extends his points, where applicable,
to the topic of genocide in general. It attempts to discern the pattern of genocide and how this has been replicated in other genocidal campaigns, as well as the fundamental
causes behind genocide and tragedy, which relate the discussion to the causes of human aggression and violence. The buildup to genocide Christian Armenians were a minority in the
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