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Why Armenia Should Be Free
Armenia’s Role in the Present War
Garo Pasdermadjian (Armen Garo), 1918
Written in Washington in October 1918, as the war ended and the fate of the Ottoman Armenians was about to be decided at the peace table, this is the Armenian case for independence put to an English-speaking audience by a former member of the Ottoman Parliament who had commanded volunteers on the Caucasian front.
- Published
- 1918, Hairenik Publishing Company, Boston
- Length
- 16,220 words · 7 chapters · about 1.2 hours
- Subjects
- History, World War I, Diplomacy
Contents
The text
- Armenia’s role in the present war1 min
- 1Turkish and Russian Proposals to the Armenians in 19145 min
- 2Military Services Rendered by the Armenians on the Caucasian Front10 min
- 3Armenian Resistance to the Turkish Massacres8 min
- 4Attitude of Russian Czarism toward the Armenians11 min
- 5Role Played by the Armenians in the Caucasus after the Russian Collapse12 min
- 6Armenia’s Co-operation with the Allies on Other Fronts1 min
- 7Conclusion7 min
Back matter
Public domain. The text is reproduced from Project Gutenberg eBook #53976. Republished by The Armenite with the right to do so.