Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide
By Eric Bogosian
Little, Brown and Company, New York (April 21, 2015), 384 pages
ISBN 978-0316292085; Hardcover, $28.00
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I only just picked up my copy of this book a few days ago and have been reading it (and rereading certain passages) since. I’ve listened to many interviews on the radio (CBC and others) and online of author Eric Bogosian. It is very obvious that he has an incredible attention to the details, and for me that is making my read come alive with the images of what took place almost a century ago. I have to thank Eric Bogosian for setting so many details out for all of us, whether we’re descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide or not connected by blood or family to the Genocide of 1915-1923, so that we may learn of what really happened.
I’m glad Mr Bogosian researched the book and wrote his findings. History will benefit from his work .
I knew of the assassination, but was not aware it was a co-ordinated effort. I look forward to reading this book, and learning more.
Jack Kananian
The Armenian schools should make Operation Nemesis part of the school’s curriculum so that present and future generations would know that Soghomon Tehlirian and other heroes punished the murderers, that the European powers elected to free and use them. Also, be vigilant and never ever let the Turks have an upper hand ever again.
Arshag,
I was lucky enough to learn about Operation Nemesis in my Armenian high school in Toronto. It was a part of our Հայ Դատ (Hai Tad/Armenian Cause) curriculum. Rubina Peroomian’s Հայ Դատ texts (grades 9-12 – http://www.sardarabad.org/haytad12.aspx) have a great section on Nemesis.
-Rupen
Bravo Eric Boghossian for writing the book in great detail! Bravo Rupen for the review! Very nicely done!
I just finished reading this book. It’s definitely a great read. I am one of those who found the pre-genocide section to be quite long – I guess I had assumed that (mostly) Armenians would read this book and didn’t think of ‘odars’ reading it and thus the necessity to provide the background. I also found the post-Tehlirian-acquittal disagreement between the Nemesis leadership (Natali/Ohan) and the ARF leadership very interesting – I wasn’t aware of that previously.
Now, Bogosian needs to go back to the original plan and make this a script for a movie (the assassinations’ stories, specifically). The equivalent of Spielberg’s ‘Munich’ for Armenians!
As a family member and one that bleeds true armenian blood, I am most appreciative of the effort put into the book, certainly we have ket and continue to keep certain aspects “in family” as it has been relayed to us by our family members, mainly my father. Yet I am anxious to read the book searching for new evidence or truths that may have escaped or kept from us because of emotional reasons…Thank you Eirc !!
I would certainly welcome further research of archives, be that Armenian (i.e. ARF), British / Russian, as well as Turkish ( Did Kemalist Nationalists play any role in keeping the old-school CUP far from returning and assuming / sharing leadership in Turkey?). Were the British orchestrating their return against Kemalist / Leninist ambitions?
I finished Operation Nemesis last week. If one is looking for the perfect book to read that best depicts the Armenian genocide in a concise, historical manner, this is the book. What impresses me about Bogosian–and others of Armenian descent who I know–is how he objectively presents the facts of his years of research without injecting personal commentary. Bogosian understands the facts of the genocide speak for themselves.
Eric Boghosian’s project must be shared with our young generation.The future must include Eric;s investigative reporting. We are at the top of the hilltop to justice. Eric Operation Nemesis is must reading by every Armenian and turned into an international film. Eric;s film talent will make it the anchor of the film industry. It’s time fr the weath of Armenians to step and urge Eric to complete the project.
I look forward to reading this book soon, but I can’t imagine anything, no amount of revenge killings or financial reparations, ever truly avenging the Armenian Genocide.
I read, or actually listened on audio, as Eric Bogosian reads the audio book himself and does so with excellence. As a third generation Armenian who was raised in the Armenian Church, and grew up at the knee’s of survivors; From Tomarza and Chomaklou respectively. Interestingly having grown up with the Genocide as part of my “family story” the details were vague, my grandparents were peasants, victims who did not know or I think care about the geo-political reasons for the Genocide. Nonetheless they like many victims they were the ones who ultimately suffered. As to the justice of dealt out to the Turkish leaders? Well it is impossible not to side with the German jury.. and like a comment above no amount of revenge will ever account for the brutality humanity deals out to it’s brothers and sisters.