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The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century
Published in Hardcover by Palgrave Macmillan (1997)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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Overpriced
There are some good essays in this book. But if you want a textbook/intro, George Bournoutian's much more reasonably priced book is the one to buy. On the other hand, if you want scholarly essays, you're going to have to pick and choose between this book and a few others, because the quality is uneven.

An excellent overview of an extremely complex, dense history
This is about as good as it gets in terms of an overview of Armenian history. Armenia is an incredibly fascinating study in the context of the Middle East, and the world's history at large. Containing a series of contributions on various topics by leading scholars in the field and edited by one of the foremost scholars, Hovannisian, this is an outstanding read and should be on any Armenian or history scholar's shelf.


Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide
Published in Paperback by Wayne State Univ Pr (1999)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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Complete distortion of history.
This book is another addition to the unsuccessful but well-funded attempt to give credibility to the allegations of a genocide and blaming Turks as perpetrators. If the wartime dead of Armenians is considered a genocide, then there was a Turkish Genocide perpetrated by Armenians during which 2.5 million Turks were killed. Why to honor Armenian dead during World War I as "genocide" victims, but to blame 2.5 million Turks who died during the same war as perpetrators of a genocide ?

Armenian Genocide
"Remembrance and denial" is an excellent account of the Armenian Genocide perpetraded by the Turks.

The book talks about how the Armenians were looked down upon and hated by the Turks. And how the CUP wanted to eliminate the Armenians (mind you citizens of the Ottoman Empire) forever.

Dr. Hovannisian has done a wonderful job accounting for facts on the Armenian genocide, and his book flows very well. He has show once again that the Armenian Genocide is not a hoax conjured up by the Armenian people, but a crime against humanity, for which Turkey, the government, and most of its people still do not take responsibilty for.

A must read for anyone interested in the Armenian Genocide.

A thorough study on why and how the Genocide is denied.
Read the book and you will understand why and how the Armenian Genocide continues to be denied by the Turkish government and how important it is to continue the struggle to show the world the truism of the Genocide that started the wave of Genocides in the 20th century. For those who continue to deny or distort the facts, I will not argue. I will simply ask for all reasonable human beings to check the facts, read archived documents and press articles by nations from all over world, and learn for yourself the real history. This book is a great place to start.


The Persian Presence in the Islamic World
Published in Hardcover by Cambridge University Press (1998)
Authors: Richard G. Hovannisian and Georges Sabagh
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The Persian Presence in the Islamic World.
Arabic-speakers can claim the Prophet Muhammad as one of their own, but Iranians have bragging rights when it comes to turning a desert religion into a world civilization, and this is the point that the present volume, built about a conference at the University of California at Los Angeles honoring Ehsan Yarshater, emphatically makes. Yarshater himself takes the lead, providing an essay that fills nearly half the book, in which he shows that "the Persian presence among the Arabs goes back to pre-Islamic times," thereby having an influence on the culture in which Islam initially appeared and which was subsequently carried around the world with the Islamic religion. Further, Yarshater and his colleagues show how Iranian ways profoundly influenced both Islam itself (such as the notions of Messianic deliverance, the five daily prayers, and the practice of ritual purity) and then the nascent Muslim society. For example, in the realm of government, the seclusion of rulers, the wearing of luxurious clothing, the institution of the qadi (religious judge), and the diwan (governmental department) all go back to Iranian precedents. Other areas of influence include architecture, coinage, pharmacology, military technique, music, and secretarial practices. In all, Yarshater finds that the first phase of Islamic civilization was Arabic, the second Persian. Other authors in the volume look in depth at such matters as astronomy, poetry, mysticism, painting, and the writing of history. Of special interest is a final chapter, by Gerhard Doerfer, on the vast Persian linguistic and literary influence among the Turks. In all, this volume establishes, Iran and its culture have had a deep, pervasive, and abiding influence on Islam, and through it reached such disparate regions as eastern Europe and India.

Middle East Quarterly, December 1999


Armenian Baghesh/Bitlis and Taron/Mush (UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series. Historic Armenian Cities and provInces, 2)
Published in Paperback by Mazda Pub (2001)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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The Armenian Genocide in Perspective
Published in Paperback by Transaction Pub (1986)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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The Armenian Genocide: History, Politics, Ethics
Published in Hardcover by Palgrave Macmillan (1992)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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Armenian Karin/Erzerum
Published in Hardcover by Mazda Publishers (2003)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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Armenian Tsopk/Kharpert (UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series. Historic Armenian Cities and provInces, 3)
Published in Paperback by Mazda Pub (2002)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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Armenian Van/Vaspurakan (UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series.)
Published in Paperback by Mazda Pub (2000)
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
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Enlightenment and Diaspora: The Armenian and Jewish Cases (Studies in Near Eastern Culture and Society, 10)
Published in Paperback by Scholars Pr (1999)
Authors: Richard G. Hovannisian and David N. Myers
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