The Burning Tigris

The Burning Tigris

Author	Peter Balakian
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	History
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	2003
Pages	465
ISBN	978-0-06-019840-4
OCLC	51653350
Dewey Decimal	956.6/2015 21
LC Class	DS195.5 .B353 2003

The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response presents a narrative of the massacres of the Armenians during the 1890s and genocide in 1915 at the responsibility of the Ottoman government. Using archival documents and first-person accounts, Peter Balakian shows the history of how the Young Turks were involved in the Armenian Genocide. The book received the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book and New York Times and national best seller.^[1]

Reviews and responses

• Cooper, Belinda (2003-10-19). "Human Rights Watch". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-16. |section= ignored (help)
• Mango, Andrew (2004-09-17). "The definition". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Balakian, Peter (2004-10-01). "The history of Armenia". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Walker, Christopher J (2004-10-01). "The history of Armenia". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Joseph, Mike (2004-10-08). "Armenia in history". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Stone, Norman (2004-10-15). "Armenia and Turkey". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Acemoglu, Murat (2004-10-29). "Armenia in history". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Stone, Norman (2004-11-05). "Armenia in history". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Stevens, Philip (2004-11-12). "Armenia in history". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Dadrian, Vahakn N; Feinstein, Stephen (2004-11-19). "Armenia in history". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
• Stone, Norman (2004-11-26). "Armenia in history". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2008-09-16.

References

1. A War Of Words?