The first and only extensive treatment of the genocide of the Aramaic-speaking Christians of the Middle East, in particular the Syriac Orthodox communities, in the late 1800s and early 1900s under the Ottomans. Courtois bases his study on the diplomatic archives of the French Foreign Affairs office (Quai d'Orsay), the archives of the Dominican Mission at Mosul, Iraq, written eyewitness accounts, and oral interviews with genocide survivors conducted by the author.
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The Forgotten Genocide: Eastern Christians, The Last Arameans
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- TERMINOLOGY OF SYRIAC DENOMINATIONS
- CHAPTER 1. THE LAND OF THE SYRIACS
- CHAPTER 2. THE CHURCH, THE PATRIARCH AND THE FAMILY: THE QUEST FOR AN IDENTITY
- CHAPTER 3. A LAND OF MISSIONS
- CHAPTER 4. MIXTURES AND NEIGHBORS
- CHAPTER 5. A POPULATION DIFFICULT TO COUNT
- CHAPTER 6. THE LAW VERSUS THE CHRISTIANS
- CHAPTER 7. ERADICATION BY MASSACRE (1894-1896)
- CHAPTER 8. ERADICATION BY CONVERSION
- CHAPTER 9. OTTOMAN NEGLIGENCE BEFORE THE NEW KURDISH POWERS
- CHAPTER 10. THE YEARS OF BLOOD
- CHAPTER 11. PLANNING AND DEPORTATION: AUTOPSY OF DESTRUCTION
- CHAPTER 12. A SANCTUARY FOR THE SYRIACS?
- CHAPTER 13. THE TIME OF RECOGNITION
- CHAPTER 14. TOWARDS A SYRIAC NATION: THE ASSYRO-CHALDEAN TEMPTATION
- ANNEXES
- DOCUMENTS FROM DIPLOMATIC ARCHIVES
- HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SOURCES
- SAMPLE DOCUMENTS
- INDEX