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Book SynopsisModern Armenia reviews Armenian politics and political thinking from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, and the evolution of Armenians from peoplehood to statehood. Written by a key governmental advisor in the early years of Armenian independence, this book analyzes the internal dynamics of the revolutionary movement, the genocide, the Armenian Diaspora, its recovered statehood and recent independence, as well as the relationship of these developments to processes in the Ottoman/Turkish, Russian, and Western states. It also explores current dilemmas and future choices independent Armenia faces today.Libaridian concludes with an overview of Armenia and Armenians during the past two decades, including the rebirth of independent Armenia, its foreign and security policy options, its position within the region, and its relations with the Diaspora. Fascinating and timely, Modern Armenia will be of interest to students and scholars of Armenian history, independence movements, the diss
Table of ContentsIntroduction; I: ; 1: From People to Nation: An Overview from the 1850s to the 1970s; II: ; 2: Nation and Fatherland in Nineteenth-Century Armenian Political Thought; 3: The Changing Armenian Self-Image in the Ottoman Empire: Rayahs and Revolutionaries; III: ; 4: Theory and Praxis: A Perspective on the Armenian Liberation Movement, 1890-1908; 5: Rethinking the Nation: Revolution and Liberation in the 1892 and 1907 Programs of the Dashnaktsutiune; 6: A Case Study of Evolution: The Socialist Review Handes; IV: ; 7: The Ideology of the Young Turk Movement; 8: The Ultimate Repression: The Genocide of the Armenians, 1915-1917; 9: Ideology and History: Problems in the Study of Armeno-Kurdish Relations; 10: Re-Imagining the Past, Rethinking the Present: The Future of Turkish-Armenian Relations; V: ; 11: From People to State, Once More: An Overview from 1980 to 2003; 12: The Re-Imagined Future: Turkey-Armenia and Turkish-Armenian Relations since Independence; 13: Armenia’s Strategic Significance
