Guenter Lewy's <i>The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey</i>

Abstract

The dust jacket of Guenther Lewy’s The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide2 features Norman Stone’s assertion that this book, ‘‘which has Olympian fair-mindedness as well as thorough knowledge of the various sources, now replaces everything else.’’ Lewy claims, in his book, to be situated outside the parameters of what he describes as ‘‘the Turkish view’’ and ‘‘the Armenian view.’’ Having positioned himself as being above such partisanship, he also claims that his book ‘‘subjects the rich historical evidence available to the test of consistency and (as much as the state of knowledge allows) attempts to sort out the validity of the rival arguments’’ (x). Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Tampa Library at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact scholarcommons@usf.edu. Recommended Citation Ak cam, Taner (2008) Lewy's The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey, Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal: Vol. 3: Iss. 1: Article 8. Available at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol3/iss1/8 Guenter Lewy’s The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey