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Books: ‘A Self-Criticism’ by Monte Melkonian

Translated by Seta Melkonian, edited by Gregory Topalian

London: Gomidas Institute, 2010, 66 pp.
ISBN 9781903656266, $14

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  1. 25 years after the fact is proably enough time for Armenians to critically discuss and analyze the phenomenon of resurgent political violence in the context of the “Armenian Question”.

    Monte Melkonian contributed greatly to the ideological component of the movement and offered new perspectives to our understanding of what the Armenian Question signified on a pan-Armenian level.

    We who participated in the debate at the time, in hindsight, accept that “mistakes” were made.

    My own personal lament is that the wider Armenian “silent majority” never fed off the movement, never integrated its valuable lessons into its own more traditional approaches.

    I look forward to the book and others on the subject.

    By the way, Monte would have turned 53 on November 25.

    Happy Birthday Avo jan.

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