Armenia: A Journey Through History
ARMENIA: A Journey Through History contains a wealth of information about the Armenian people, history, significant events, important places, and individuals who did much to make the Armenian nation what it is.
Author: Arra S. Avakian
Paperback: 352 pages
Company: The Electric Press (2008-08-07) (2008-08-07)
ISBN: 0916919242
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The History of Armenia (Palgrave Essential Histories)
There is a great deal of interest in the history of Armenia since its renewed independence in the 1990s and the ongoing debate about the genocide–an interest that informs the strong desire of a new generation of Armenian Americans to learn more about their heritage and has led to greater solidarity in the community. By integrating themes such as war, geopolitics, and great leaders with the less familiar cultural themes and personal stories, this book will appeal to general readers and travellers interested in the region.
Author: Simon Payaslian
Paperback: 304 pages
Company: Palgrave Macmillan (2007-12-26) (2007-12-26)
ISBN: 1403974675
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The Republic of Armenia, Vol. IV: Between Crescent and Sickle - Partition and Sovietization (Republic of Armenia)
With these two volumes, Richard Hovannisian completes his definitive history of the first independent Armenian state in modern times and provides the basis for comparison with the new Armenian republic established in 1991 after seven decades of Soviet rule. Based on Armenian, Russian, Turkish, German, Italian, French, and English-language archival materials, these volumes provide the first comprehensive, multidimensional analysis of this critical turning point in Armenian history–a period clouded in misinformation and controversy.
Volume Four examines the final months of the Armenia republic and the destructive impact of a Soviet-Turkish entente on the goal of a united, independent Armenia. The Turkish-Armenian war from September to December 1920 culminated in the loss of half of the Armenian republic and the Sovietization of what was left. The experiment in Armenian independence had failed; and the Armenian people, unable to gather together in a common homeland, remained scattered among communities in the diaspora and in the Soviet Union. At the time, no one could predict that a new opportunity for independence would unfold before the end of the century.
Author: Richard G. Hovannisian
Hardcover: 345 pages
Company: University of California Press (1996-03-29)
ISBN: 0520088042
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Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War
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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003
“Brilliant.”
—Time
“Admirable, rigorous. De Waal [is] a wise and patient reporter.”
—The New York Review of Books
“Never have all the twists and turns, sad carnage, and bullheadedness on all sides been better described-or, indeed, better explained . . . Offers a deeper and more compelling account of the conflict than anyone before.”
—Foreign Affairs
“This book is a major milestone in the Western scholarship on Karabakh.”
—Armenian Freedom Network
“This book is helpful because in order to craft a final resolution to the conflict, one must understand what events transpired in the first place. De Waal’s book significantly contributes to this purpose and establishes itself as one of the standard works for understanding this conflict.”
—Parameters
“Some of the most illuminating - and alarming - reading in de Waal’s book includes the battle of historians and writers on both sides. They fire polemical missiles at each other through bscure history and literary journals, denigrating and, in some cases, obliterating the history and identity of the other side.”
—Eurasianet
“Only rarely does a university press publish such a gripping, poignant book as this. . . . This is an impressive work of careful scholarship and vivid writing.”
—Choice
“De Waal is cautious, meticulous and even-handed, and the breadth of his research is remarkable. He shows real affection for the ordinary people on both sides, and restraint in dealing with the self-serving politicians and field commanders in both Armenia and Azerbaijan who used Karabakh for their own political and pesonal ends.”
—Time (Europe)
Black Garden is the definitive study of how Armenia and Azerbaijan, two southern Soviet republics, got sucked into a conflict that helped bring them to independence, bringing to an end the Soviet Union, and plaguing a region of great strategic importance. It cuts between a careful reconstruction of the history of Nagorny Karabakh conflict since 1988 and on-the-spot reporting on its convoluted aftermath.
Part contemporary history, part travel book, part political analysis, the book is based on six months traveling through the south Caucasus, more than 120 original interviews in the region, Moscow, and Washington, and unique primary sources, such as Politburo archives.
The historical chapters trace how the conflict lay unresolved in the Soviet era; how Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders exacerbated it; how the Politiburo failed to cope with the crisis; how the war began and ended; how the international community failed to sort out the conflict.
What emerges is a complex and subtle portrait of a beautiful and fascinating region, blighted by historical prejudice and conflict.
Author: Thomas de Waal
Paperback: 352 pages
Company: NYU Press (2004-08-25) (2004-08-25)
ISBN: 0814719457
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Armenia & Karabagh (The Stone Garden Guide)
This book from Stone Garden Guides is unique as the largest and most colorful guidebook available for Armenia and Karabagh. Its 304 pages are filled with 75 vibrant color photographs, and 25 detailed color maps.
This is also the only travel book on Armenia that is truly an “insider’s guide.” This is because its authors, Matthew Karanian and Robert Kurkjian, have each lived, worked, and traveled throughout the region for a decade. The text—which is written in a conversational tone that’s easy to read—is also comprehensive and filled with the wisdom of travelers who are as comfortable in Armenia as they are when traveling back home in the US.
Visitors will find that this book is essential gear when traveling throughout Armenia and Karabagh, in the villages as well as in the cities. This guide will help travelers make the best choices when deciding where to go, what to see, and where to eat and sleep.
Short term visitors who don’t speak Armenian will be able to communicate with the assistance of the glossary of phrases. Travelers who have never been to Armenia, and also those who have made a dozen trips, will find the information about the country’s historic sites to be equally fascinating and readable. Nature and conservation are also featured prominently.
The book’s beautiful photography and intriguing background information makes this a book for armchair travelers, too. In addition to being a valuable field guide for seasoned travelers it is also an ideal introduction to the region with lots of intriguing facts and interesting anecdotes about the land and people.
This quality paperback has a durable binding and is a standard 5 x 8 inches to easily fit into your backpack while you’re traveling. Detailed and full color maps, prepared by the American University of Armenia, cover every region of Armenia. Accurate street maps are included for every major city and town. Color tabs make it easy to locate information in any of the book’s ten chapters.
Author: Matthew Karanian; Robert Kurkjian
Paperback: 304 pages
Company: Stone Garden Productions (2006-09-01) (2006-09-01)
ISBN: 096721209X
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Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
Hike in the stunning Caucasus Mountains, bathe in the Black Sea, explore lush, church-studded hills, laze on the shores of Lake Sevan and enjoy generous local hospitality. Connect with the diverse cultures and wide-ranging landscapes of the South Caucasus in this, the only guide to cover the the region.
Unravel The Past – extensive coverage of the region’s fascinating history and mosaic of cultures
Plan Your Route with the help of tempting highlights and itineraries and over 40 detailed maps
Sleep Soundly – wide-ranging listings from welcoming homestays to Soviet sanatoriums
Enjoy fine wines from Georgia and tasty Armenian cognac with our enticing food & drink sections
Talk The Talk – impress the locals in all three languages using our expert guide
Author: Richard Plunkett, Tom Masters
Paperback: 296 pages
Company: Lonely Planet (2004-07-01)
ISBN: 1740591380
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My Brother’s Road: An American’s Fateful Journey to Armenia
What do “Abu Sindi”, “Timothy Sean McCormack”, “Saro”, and “Commander Avo” all have in common? They were all aliases for Monte Melkonian. But who was Monte Melkonian? In his native California he was once a kid in cut-off jeans, playing baseball and eating snow cones. Europe denounced him as an international terrorist. His adopted homeland of Armenia decorated him as a national hero who led a force of 4000 men to victory in the Armenian enclave of Mountainous Karabagh in Azerbaijan. Why Armenia? Why adopt the cause of a remote corner of the Caucasus whose peoples had scattered throughout the world after the early twentieth century Ottoman genocides? Markar Melkonian spent seven years unraveling the mystery of his brother’s road: a journey which began in his ancestor’s town in Turkey and led to a blood-splattered square in Tehran, the Kurdish mountains, the bomb-pocked streets of Beirut, and finally, to the Cold War and the unraveling of the Soviet Union. Yet, who really was this man? A terrorist or a hero? My Brother’s Road is not just the story of a long journey and a short life –it is an attempt to understand what happens when one man decides that terrible actions speak louder than words.
Author: Markar Melkonian
Paperback: 344 pages
Company: I. B. Tauris (2008-06-10) (2008-06-10)
ISBN: 1845115309
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Worship Traditions in Armenia And the Neighboring Christian East: An International Symposium in Honor of the 40th Anniversary of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary (Avant)
Hardcover: 346 pages
Company: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (2006-12-15)
ISBN: 0881413046
List Price: $35.00
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This two-sided, folded map covers the Caucasus region of Asia in excellent detail at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (1″ to 16 miles). The fully indexed map covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, southern section of Russia, and northern sections of Turkey and Iran. With beautifully detailed cartography this map uses color tinting to indicate relief and also displays numerous elevation point indicators. The map shows roads and railways, rivers and lakes, parks, beaches, distances, airports, ferries, state and local administrative boundaries, monuments, archaeological sites, and tourist sites. Legend in English, German, French, Italian and Russian. Index on the reverse side of map.
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