The Extermination of the Armenians and the Concept of Genocide in Contemporary American Encyclopedias

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  • Arman Kirakossian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

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Arman Kirakossian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Austria, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE. He is author of books and more than 120 publications on the History of Diplomacy and International Relations among them British Diplomacy and the Armenian Question (Gomidas Institute, Princeton and London, 2003), The Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: U.S. Media Testimony (Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2004), Armenia-USA: Current Realities and Vision for Future (Yerevan State University Press, 2007), and The Armenian Massacres 1894-1896: British Media Testimony (Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 2008).

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2015-10-14

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Kirakossian, A. (2015). The Extermination of the Armenians and the Concept of Genocide in Contemporary American Encyclopedias. International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, 2(1), 6–17. Retrieved from https://agmipublications.am/index.php/ijags/article/view/18

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