A shameful act : The Armenian Genocide and the question of Turkish responsibility / Taner Akçam ; Trl. Paul Bessemer.

"Originally published in Turkey in 1999 under the title Insan haklar ve Ermeni sorunu : Ittihat ve Terakki'den Kurtulus Savas'na" - T.p. verso.

Includes index

Bibliogrphical references (p. [377]-464)

Contents: The Ottoman state and its non-Muslim populations -- The Union and progress era -- Turkish nationalism -- What led to the decision for genocide? -- The decision and its aftermath -- The question of punishing the "Turk" -- Ottoman government initiatives -- The Turkish national movement's position on the genocide -- The final phase of the trials -- Why the postwar trials failed.