The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries

Naval Commanders Report and Protest Death Marches and Massacres in Turkey's Pontus Region, 1921-1922

393 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is a gripping collection of American naval war diaries recently found in the National Archives about what was happening on the northern coast of Turkey in 1921-1922. At the time, a series of American destroyers were continuously stationed at the port of Samsun, and the destroyer captains describe here many of the atrocities then being perpetrated upon the Asia Minor Greek minority by the ruling Nationalist Turks, along with local Greek reactions.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781608011803
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2021
• Größe: 226 x 152 mm
• Verlag: University of New Orleans Press
• Herausgegeben von: Savvas Sam Koktzoglou, Robert Shenk