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A REPLY TO JUDITH E. TUCKER'S A LOOK BACK: “THE NAIM-ANDONIAN DOCUMENTS” BY VAHAKN DADRIAN (IJMES 40 [MAY 2008]: 171–79)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

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“The truth is the whole!” wrote Hegel. The reprint of V. N. Dadrian's article on the so-called Andonian “documents” steers clear of many pertinent facts related to Armenian-Turkish relations and falls short of Hegel's maxim. Dadrian reduces the topic to a one-sided indoctrination, limiting his references to selected narratives and omitting all evidence that contradicts mainstream Armenian views. His article bypasses the initial Armenian massacre of Muslim Anatolians, the Armenian-led revolt in the Ottoman province of Van, and Armenian shedding of blood in about a dozen wars or armed clashes. He attacks the Turks presented with the posture of a prosecuting attorney in tones so biased that today's social scientists would define them as racist.

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1 Pope, Stephen and Wheal, Elizabeth-Anne, Dictionary of the First World War (Yorkshire, U.K.: Macmillan Reference Books, Military Classics, 2003), 34Google Scholar.

2 American Committee Opposed to the Lausanne Treaty, The Lausanne Treaty, Turkey and Armenia (New York: n.p., 1926), 143.

3 For the very exaggerated figures regarding Armenian losses, there are many sources. See, for instance, Véronique Brocard, “Attentat d'Orly. . .” Libération (Paris), 19 February 1985. She wrote that “2.5 million were killed.” In a meeting inside the United Nations headquarters in New York, where Dadrian spoke and I interjected, one of the Armenians flagrantly quoted “3.5 million.”