1st Edition
Forced into Genocide Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army
Foreword Israel W. Charny
Introduction Sergio La Porta
Translator’s Preface Simon Beugekian
Memoirs of Yervant (Edward) Alexanian
Chapter 1: Childhood Early Life
Chapter 2: School Years
Chapter 3: Life in Sivas before Deportations
Chapter 4: Deportations and Genocide
Chapter 5: Life in the Army
Chapter 6: Istanbul
Chapter 7: America
Afterword
Final Thoughts (1953)
Appendix A: Reflections of Yervant Alexanian
Appendix B: Letters of Yervant Alexanian
Appendix C: Documents of Yervant Alexanian (Facsimile with English Transcript/Translation)
Timeline of Yervant N. Alexanian
Select Bibliography and Further Reading
Biography
Adrienne G. Alexanian is a 2010 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal, an educator, and the daughter of Yervant Alexanian. Sergio La Porta is Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno. Israel W. Charny is executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem and past editor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Genocide.
