| Smyrna, September 1922: The American Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century's First Genocide Contributor(s): Ureneck, Lou (Author) |
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ISBN: 006225989X ISBN-13: 9780062259899 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire - Political Science | Genocide & War Crimes - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief |
| Dewey: 956.102 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.80 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - Turkey |
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| Publisher Description: The harrowing story of an ordinary American and a principled Naval officer who, horrified by the burning of Smyrna, led an extraordinary rescue effort which saved a quarter of a million refugees from the Armenian Genocide. In September 1922, the richest city of the Mediterranean was burned, and countless numbers of Christian refugees killed. The city was Smyrna, and the event was the final episode of the 20th Century's first genocide -- the slaughter of three million Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians of the Ottoman Empire. The slaughter at Smyrna occurred as warships of the great powers stood by -- the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy. The deaths of hundreds of thousands seemed inevitable until an American minister staged a bold rescue with the help of a courageous U.S.naval officer. Now, the forgotten story of one of the great humanitarian acts of history gets told. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ureneck, Lou: - Lou Ureneck, a former Nieman fellow and editor-in-residence at Harvard University, is a professor of journalism at Boston University. Ureneck is the author of Backcast, which won the National Outdoor Book Award for literary merit, and Cabin: Two Brothers, a Dream, and Five Acres in Maine. |