The United States and the Armenian Genocide

"In this exceptional book, Julien Zarifian has given us the first thorough account of the process that led from a reluctance to antagonize the denialist Turkish government to the extraordinary decision of the Biden administration to acknowledge the tragedy that befell Armenians as genocide. As a study of diplomacy and public activity, this work elevates our understanding of how governments and ordinary people complexly intersect in the making of foreign policy."- Ronald Grigor Suny, author of "They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide
"Julien Zarifian's study sheds light on much more than the question of the Armenian Genocide: it sheds light on an American political class and a federal administration that have long been susceptible to outside pressure from pro-Turkish lobbies, revealing a political culture that is relatively untouched by ethical questions. The author's methodical dismantling of this process is an essential tool for understanding the inner workings of the American state."- Raymond H. Kevorkian, author of The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History
"Julien Zarifian has produced a masterful account of the domestic and international "politicking" that led to the decades-long delay in America's recognizing as genocide the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, perpetrated during the era of the First World War. His skillful assessment of the cross-cutting pressures that were brought to bear upon Washington decisionmakers from both foreign and domestic sources establishes The United States and the Armenian Genocide as the definitive work on the topic."- David G. Haglund, Professor of Political Studies, Queen's University (Canada)