Raymond Kévorkian’s newest book to be presented in Pasadena

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Cultural Committee of the AGBU Glendale/Pasadena Chapter presents a book signing and discussion of Raymond Kévorkian’s newest book, “The Armenian Genocide, A Complete History”. This event will take place at the AGBU Pasadena Center on May 10, 2011.

With this new release, the renowned historian Raymond Kévorkian provides an authoritative account of the origins, events and consequences of the years 1915 and 1916. He considers the role that the Armenian Genocide played in the construction of the Turkish nation state and Turkish identity, as well as exploring the ideologies of power, rule and state violence. Crucially, he examines the consequences of the violence against the Armenians, the implications of deportations and attempts to bring those who committed the atrocities to justice.

"This is the most comprehensive book to date on the Armenian Genocide of 1915. In this detailed account, Raymond Kevorkian describes the process which drove 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire to their deaths”, states the French daily newspaper Le Monde.

Kévorkian offers a detailed and meticulous record, providing an authoritative analysis of the events and their impact upon the Armenian community itself, as well as the development of the Turkish state. This important book will serve as an indispensable resource to historians of the period, as well as those wishing to understand the history of genocidal violence more generally.

Raymond Kevorkian is a historian who teaches at the Institut Francais de Geopolitique, University of Paris-VIII-Saint-Denis. He is the Director of AGBU Nubarian Library, and the author of numerous works on the history of modern and contemporary Armenia and Armenians. He has also authored the two-volume publication, “The Armenian General Benevolent Union – One Hundred Years of History”.