Secrets of the Bosphorus: Ambassador Morgenthau's Story (Illustrated Edition) (eBook)

First Hand Account of the Armenian Genocide and the Exodus of Greeks

Henry Morgenthau (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
286 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406605111-2 (EAN)

Infos

"Secrets of the Bosphorus" represents the memoirs of Henry Morgenthau Sr., U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1916. The book covers Morgenthau's service in Turkey, from 1913 until the day of his resignation from the post. "Secrets of the Bosphorus" is a primary source regarding the Armenian Genocide, and the Greek Genocide during the last years of the Ottoman Empire. When published, the book came under criticism by two prominent American historians regarding its coverage of Germany in the weeks before the beginning of the First World War.

Autor

Henry Morgenthau (1856 – 1946) was an American lawyer, businessman and United States ambassador, most famous as the American ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. As ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Morgenthau has come to be identified as the most prominent American to speak about the Armenian Genocide.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.1.2020
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Schlagworte: Alexander the Great • Ambassador Morgenthau • American historian critique • Armenia • Armenian Genocide • A Wrinkle in Time • Babylon • Byzantine Empire • Diplomatic memoir • Genocide History • historical non-fiction • illustrated edition • Ken Follett • Ottoman Empire • Persia • primary source • Suleiman the Magnificent • templars • The Fall of the Dynasties • World War I prelude