They Can Live in the Desert But Nowhere Else - (Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity) by Ronald Grigor Suny (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century. By the end of the First World War, the number of Armenians in what would become Turkey had been reduced by ninety percent--more than a million people. A century later, the Armenian genocide remains controversial but relatively unknown, overshadowed by later slaughters and the chasm separating Turkish and Armenian versions of events. In this ... narrative history, Ronald Suny cuts through nationalist myths, propaganda, and denial to provide an ... account of when, how, and why the atrocities of 1915-16 were committed"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A definitive history of the 20th century's first major genocide on its 100th anniversary</b> <p/>Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century. By the end of the First World War, the number of Armenians in what would become Turkey had been reduced by 90 percent-more than a million people. A century later, the Armenian Genocide remains controversial but relatively unknown, overshadowed by later slaughters and the chasm separating Turkish and Armenian interpretations of events. In this definitive narrative history, Ronald Suny cuts through nationalist myths, propaganda, and denial to provide an unmatched account of when, how, and why the atrocities of 1915-16 were committed. Drawing on archival documents and eyewitness accounts, this is an unforgettable chronicle of a cataclysm that set a tragic pattern for a century of genocide and crimes against humanity.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>"The centennial of the Armenian Genocide has and will generate many scholarly studies and publications to commemorate this tragic event, the first genocide of the twentieth century. Prominent historian Ron Suny's excellent study stands out for the quality of its research, its judiciousness, and its breadth and depth. This is an invaluable, illuminating, and well-written book--a must-read."<b>--Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York</b></p><p>"Just how did the Armenian Genocide happen? One extreme view is that the intrinsically murderous Young Turk leaders had made up their minds long before 1915 and were simply biding their time. At the opposite end, apologists have seen no ideological intent whatsoever, arguing instead that the genocide was an inevitable, short-term reaction to Armenian nationalist activity. Against both views, Ronald Suny's illuminating and impeccable narrative argues that an 'affective disposition' that developed among Turkish nationalists over many years led to the slaughter. This cuts to the heart of the matter."<b>--Halil Berktay, Sabancı University, Istanbul</b></p><p>"I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that there is no one else in the world who is better able than Ronald Suny to provide a one-volume history of the Armenian Genocide. This is the best book we have on the subject. The narrative is fluid, the writing is crystal clear and engaging, and the scholarship is impeccable. Scrupulously fair-minded, Suny deepens our understanding of the causes of the genocide without, however, rationalizing it."<b>--Norman Naimark, author of <i>Stalin's Genocides</i></b></p><p>"This is an excellent comprehensive history of the Armenian Genocide--nuanced, balanced, authoritative, and based on a wide range of sources and perspectives. The interpretation is state of the art and the book is written with Ronald Suny's customary clarity and precision."<b>--Donald Bloxham, author of <i>The Final Solution: A Genocide</i></b></p><p>"Ronald Suny treats the Armenian Genocide in a balanced and thoughtful way, avoiding the pitfalls of both nationalist history and denial. He shows empathy and respect for the victims while at the same time explaining why the Young Turks did what they did, and why they thought they had to do it."<b>--Erik Jan Zurcher, author of <i>Turkey: A Modern History</i></b></p><p>"Suny's mission is to present a full picture of both sides rooted in deep history. His book, compiled with a mastery of sources, is an act of remembrance itself."<b>--Tom Payne, <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else</i> stands out as a superbly researched, carefully balanced and compelling account. . . . This remarkable book shows how seeking deeper historical truths does not detract from justice: Suny's brilliant, careful and seemingly detached analysis makes the book all the more powerful in this respect.<b>---Gilles Andréani, <i>Survival</i></b><br><br>[A] superb work, in this case the best narrative account explaining 'why, when, and how' the Armenian genocide occurred.<b>---Marc David Baer, <i>H-Net Reviews</i></b><br><br>A fascinating historical account of the genocide of the Armenians toward the end of the First World War. <i>A History of the Armenian Genocide</i> is perhaps the most comprehensive and well-written account on the subject, with the help of marshaling historical information from archival documents and various eyewitness accounts. . . . A wonderful piece of sophisticated, evidence-based, and analytically astute historical work.<b>---Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr., <i>Human Rights Review</i></b><br><br>In recent years scholars of Ottoman history have published a number of path-breaking, award-winning academic studies documenting the annihilation of the Armenians in 1915. Published on the one hundredth anniversary of that horrible event, Ronald Grigor Suny's monograph stands out as another superb work, in this case the best narrative account explaining 'why, when, and how' the Armenian genocide occurred.<b>---Marc David Baer, <i>H-Nationalism</i></b><br><br>Magisterial.<b>---Brian Bethune, <i>Macleans</i></b><br><br>Suny is admirably dispassionate in explaining the particular circumstances that led the Ottoman government to embark on a policy of mass extermination.<b>---Dominic Lawson, <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br>This stunning book makes a significant contribution to genocide studies but also to Armenian, Russian, European, and international history. . . . Suny's masterful narrative is proof that in great scholarship, empathy and analytical rigor work together.<b>---Doris L. Bergen, <i>Russian Review</i></b><br><br>Winner of the 2016 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize, Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies<br><br>[A] fine scholarly study.<b>---Christopher Allmand, <i>The Tablet</i></b><br><br>[A]n excellent source for readers wishing to learn the history [of the Armenian Genocide]. Suny has provided an exhaustive, dispassionate treatment, situating the Genocide in the centuries-long relationship between Armenian Christians and their Turkish Muslim rulers . . . readable and thorough.<b>---Mark Movsesian, <i>First Things</i></b><br><br>[W]hat distinguishes Suny's scholarship is a scrupulous attention to context and the genuine imperial anxiety of the Young Turks. They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else (a title taken from another Talat diktat) is a fair-minded account. Unsparing in depicting the viciousness of the killing, forced conversions and kidnapping of children and young women, it is rigorous in its choice of language and nuance, generous in its empathy but implacable in its conclusions.<b>---David Gardner, <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br>A historical masterpiece and a significant benchmark in the study of the Genocide, which will surely become the definitive textbook on the subject. . . . Comprehensive and compelling.<b>---Sossie Kasbarian & Kerem Öktem, <i>Caucasus Survey</i></b><br><br>A remarkable work of history.<b>---Howard Eissenstat, <i>Current History</i></b><br><br>A transitional text. . . . Accessible and concise, while still complex enough to do justice to the relationships between Armenians, their rulers and their neighbours over the centuries.<b>---Susan Pattie, <i>Chartist</i></b><br><br>A tremendously powerful, scrupulously balanced, rigorous and humane account of a tragedy that still casts a shadow over the modern state of Turkey. It is likely to become the definitive reference book on the subject for years to come.<b>---Justin Marozzi, <i>Spectator</i></b><br><br>A Financial Times Summer Books 2015 selection<br><br>An authoritative examination of unspeakable horrors. . . . [D]eeply researched, fair-minded. . . . Suny creates a compelling narrative of vengeance and terror.-- "Kirkus"<br><br>An authoritative, comprehensive study of political, religious, and cultural factors around the terrible events of 1915-16, and an account which avoids the propagandism of both Turkish and Armenian advocates, yet does not flinch from their appalling reality.-- "Mainstream"<br><br>If you read one book about the 1915 genocide, make this it. Suny is one of the western world's most renowned scholars of the Caucasus region. His account of the fate that befell the Armenians at Ottoman Turkish hands is harrowingly detailed and scrupulously objective.<b>---Tony Barber, <i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br>One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books in History 2015, chosen Tony Barber<br><br>Suny sees the genocide not just as an outcome of the difficult transition from empire to nation-state, but also as motivated by the role of hatred and fear of the Armenians by the modernizing elite; it was something more than competing nationalisms or a misguided sense of raison d'état. Qualifying hatred is often the most difficult task faced by the historian. Ignoring its reality in late Ottoman history has been among that historiography's greatest failings.<b>---Keith David Watenpaugh, <i>American Historical Review</i></b><br><br>Suny weaves this complex story into a nuanced, meticulously researched, and compellingly argued book.-- "Choice"<br><br>The book under review should be of an interest to graduate and postgraduate research students, genocide scholars and historians interested to gaining fresh understandings of the historical dynamics leading to the Armenian genocide, and the connections between imperialism, nationalism and the Armenian genocide during the twentieth century. Additionally, the book provides the groundwork for further debate on how to integrate the Armenian genocide more completely within an understanding of the historical trends of its period.<b>---Eldad Ben-Aharon, <i>H-Soz-Kult</i></b><br><br>The centenary [of the Armenian Genocide] has raised the diplomatic temperature and precipitated many books. Ronald Suny's is the best of them: Balanced, scholarly, and harrowing, it should be read by all serious students of modern history.<b>---Dominic Green, <i>Weekly Standard</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ronald Grigor Suny </b>is the William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Michigan and Senior Researcher at the National Research University-Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg.
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