Notes
1 Guenter Lewy, ‘Revisiting the Armenian Genocide,’ Middle East Quarterly 12, 4 (Citation2005), pp. 3–12; and idem. ‘The First Genocide of the 20th Century?’, Commentary, 120, 5 (Citation2005), pp. 47–52. Letters to the editors (including Lewy's rebuttals) are presented in Middle East Quarterly 13, 1 (2006), pp. 1–5; and Commentary 121, 2 (2006), pp. 3–9. Also, Lewy's book is discussed in ‘Was It Genocide?’, Wilson Quarterly 30, 1 (Winter 2006), pp. 87–88.
2 Justin McCarthy et al. (Citation2006) The Armenian Rebellion at Van (Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press).
3 I wish to thank Justin McCarthy and M. Hakan Yavuz for making available the records of their conversations and e-mail conservations on this matter.
4 I wish to thank Justin McCarthy and M. Hakan Yavuz for making available the records of their conversations and e-mail conservations on this matter
5 CitationJay Logan Rogers, ‘Scholar Questions Motives, Perpetrators of Armenian Genocide,’ The Daily Utah Chronicle, 27 March 2006.
6 See, for example, Dadrian's long response to Lewy posted at CitationDhimmi Watch, ‘Vahakn Dadrian responds to Guenter Lewy,’ http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/008594.php
7 For the relationship between individual memory and collective memory, see Maurice Halbwachs, The Collective Memory (New York: Harper Colophon Books, Citation1980).
8 Paul Connerton discusses how social memory is produced and transcends generational boundaries; see Paul Connerton, How Societies Remember (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Citation1989).
9 ‘French in Armenia “Genocide” row’ (Citation2006) BBC NEWS, 12 October, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6042730.stm
10 CitationSarah Rainsford, ‘Author's Trial Set to Test Turkey,’ BBC NEWS, 14 December 2005, http://bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4527318.stm
11 CitationSteven Eke reports that the genocide theme has provided a sense of national identity for dispersed Armenians and argues that it is the Armenian diaspora rather than Armenia the country that works for international recognition of the Armenian massacres as genocide; see Steven Eke ‘Armenian Diaspora Bound by Killings,’ BBC NEWS,12 October 2006 at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6044682.stm
12 Many newspaper articles portrayed Lewy as if he helps the Turkish side on the Armenian issue while ignoring his critique of the Turkish version of historiography. See for example, ‘ABD'li Profesör, Ermeni soykırımı iddialarını yalanladı,’ Zaman, Citation28 August 2005; ‘Lewy: Soykırım belgeleri kuşkulu,’ Radical, Citation30 August 2005; and ‘Lewy'ye göre soykırım kanıtı yok, kuşku var,’ Sabah, Citation30 August 2005.