1st Edition

Resistance and Revenge The Armenian Assassination of Turkish Leaders Responsible for the 1915 Massacres and Deportations

Edited By Gerard Chaliand Copyright 1990
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    234 Pages
    by Routledge

    Initially published in French under the title Operation Nemesis, this revealing work is a study of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the individuals responsible for the execution of Turkish leaders involved in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Derogy's rigorous research and detective work bring to life the disciplined effort by Armenian nationalists to seek retribution for historic crimes against the Armenian people.

    The work richly details Turkish plans for the liquidation of the Armenian people, the individuals selected to assassinate the genocidists, and documents for the first time the role of the organized Armenian political opposition to Turkish rule. In doing so, Derogy brings to light the relationship between the legal party and its extra-legal arm; the mechanisms needed to implement the daring plan of assassination; and the special post-war circumstances in which the Armenian nation found itself torn asunder by a Turkish-Soviet detente, in which the independence of Armenia became the sacrificial pawn.

    Derogy worked closely with scholars around the world and interviewed first-hand survivors who had direct contact with the events described. His is a detective story of the first rank and a historical reconstruction of an obscured chapter of Armenian history.

    Contents A Note on Sources Foreword by Gerard Chaliand Preface Prologue: A Commando Group of Avengers 1. The Passengers on the Lorelei 2. The Season of the Judges 3. Servicing the Debt 4. Return to Heartbreak House 5. The Statue of the Commendatore 6. The Minutes of a Trial 7. Baku Avenged in Constantinople 8. The Army of the Attics 9. Roman Holidays 10. A Mole in Berlin 11. Bearding the Cheka 12. Enver: This Evening, in Samarkand Epilogue: The Uncompleted Mission Bibliography

    Biography

    Jacques Derogy