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The Armenian Genocide in Perspective, Richard Hovhannisian, 1986, 220 pages Seven decades after the elimination of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian Genocide continued to remain largely ignored by heads of state and the international community, although the issue of the annihilation of the Armenians had been voiced around the world in 1915. In the 1980s, research into the Armenian Genocide was only just beginning and this work was among the first to analyze the Genocide from various angles – political, ethical, religious and psychological. The Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. Survivor Accounts. Archival Documents, 3 volumes, RA National Archives, 2012-13 This three-volume work presents testimonials from Armenian Genocide survivors in 1916. The first volume covers the province of Van, and is divided by towns, which are then divided into villages. The second covers the province of Bitlis, which includes Manazkert, Mush, Sassoun and Bitlis. The third volume covers other regions of Western Armenia – Kharbert, Tigranakert and Trabzon. The Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey: A Collection of Documents and Materials, compiled by M. G. Nersisyan and R. G. Sahakyan, 1983 This manual contains documents and materials from Armenian, Russian, Arab, German, French and other sources. Collected from various archives, a vast majority of the documents consists of dispatches, reports and letters about the mass slaughter of the Armenians sent by ambassadors, consuls, ministers and other high-ranking officials, including the representatives and leaders of the governments of various states as well as spiritual activists and missionaries. Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, Robert Melson, 1992, 363 pages This study compares the main attempts at genocide in world history. Melson creates a complex system, which links genocide with war and revolution. He insists that genocide is often the final result of a complex process, which begins after a revolution, when the new authorities, having removed the old, strive to create a new and perfect society. The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, Peter Balakian, 2003, 475 pages This is a book about international human rights and forgotten heroes. Peter Balakian presents the history of the mass slaughter of Armenians in the 1890s and the Armenian Genocide of 1915, both committed by Turkish hands. Using rare archival documents and witness testimonials, Balakian presents the bone-chilling history of the first genocide of modern times, committed under the cover of the First World War. In this process, he also reveals a lost chapter in the history of America.