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Alan Whitehorn
Alan Whitehorn is an emeritus professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and the author of several books on the Armenian Genocide, including "Just Poems: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide."
He is also the editor of "The Armenian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide."
Latest posts by Alan Whitehorn (see all)
- Book Review: ‘Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide’ - April 10, 2019
- The Birth of a Genocide Scholar - March 6, 2019
- Aznavour and the Armenian Genocide - October 10, 2018
I would like to suggest a book my family had published through U of M and Wayne State university in the Mid-90’s called Out of Turkey by Harry Yessaian to be included in your list.
Just like to mention the book I wrote about my father who was from the Armenian village of KERAMET in the Southern Marmara district of the Ottoman Empire:
“Deli Sarkis: The Scars He Carried.” http://www.scarshecarried.com
You tube channel: Scars He Carried
Published in 2014 and available on Amazon and all independent bookstores.
Thank you, Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut
Thank you Alan Whitehorn for your thorough review of Armenian Genocide memoirs. The present problem for the non-academic writer of memoirs that is self-published is the difficulty in publicity and dissemination of the book. Although we urge people to write their family’s history but we cannot guarantee its distribution. My wife and I have written ours, “Life in Istanbul” and “Leaving Kayseri” respectively, but it has been a difficult road after publication. We need an organization (plus a benefactor) to collect all these memoirs and promote them since after our generation has gone they will be lost forever.
I have Four books, whith expanded chapters about the Armenian genocide, the first book, bibliography of Cilician Armenia, which have complete bibliography of the Armenian Gencide, my second book have part of the book related to the Armenian Genocide in Cilicia and Armenia,, my third book book Armenia in Ancient maps of the World which shows how Armenian historical name pas put out of maps. Then then my forth book, give a great deal for the Armenian Gencide, as bibliography of books and media of of eastern world about the Armenian Genocide. All these books I think they are forgotten and neglected.
Thanks.
Thank you Professor Whitehorn for this very interesting historical perspective on the available publications.
I found it very informative and useful to understand how things evolved
Thank you Alan Whitehorn for your scholarly research and dissemination of issues related to the Armenian genocide.
Thank you, Professor Whitehorn. You have presented a thorough and extensive bibliography of memoirs, accounts, and novels pertaining to the Armenian Genocide. It is very necessary to bring these books to the attention of the general public – even repeatedly.
I notice that additional publications are mentioned by some commentators. Hopefully all this will, indeed, insure, that the Armenian Genocide will not become a forgotten genocide.
A century after the genocide, it would be useful in this contemporary era to create an extensive computerized data set or bibliography listing the author, book title, date and place of publication, along with key descriptive aspects such as: specific region covered, phases and years of the genocide, age of the key person when the events occurred (e.g. adult, youth or child), gender, and final destination of the survivor (e.g. Republic of Armenia or specific Diaspora region/country). In my opinion, the ideal institution to take on and coordinate such an important project would be the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute, with an advisory academic committee.