The history of the Armenian genocide : ethnic conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus / Vahakn N. Dadrian.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-446) and index.

Humanitarian Intervention by the Powers: A Historical Perspective -- Islamic Sacred Law as a Matrix of Ottoman Legal Order and Nationality Conflicts -- Humanitarian Intervention as a Response to Nationality Conflicts in the Balkans -- Escalation of the Conflicts and Ottoman Palliatives. The Origins of the Eastern Question Foreshadowing the Armenian Question -- The Origins of the Armenian Question and the Turko-Armenian Conflict -- The Ill-Fated Internationalization of a Domestic Nationality Conflict -- The Interactive Dynamics of the Eastern and Armenian Questions -- The Dysfunctions of Humanitarian Intervention in the Rise and Treatment of the Armenian Question -- Manipulative Diplomacy Supplanting the Ideals of Humanitarian Intervention -- The Impotence of Discordant Diplomacy: The Disconnective Vulnerabilities of the Armenians -- The Inauguration of a Proto-Genocidal Policy -- The Era of the Abdul Hamit Massacres -- The Portentousness of the Abdul Hamit Era Massacres -- The Wars and Massacres of the New Young Turk Regime and the Demise of Humanitarian Interventionism -- The 1909 Twin Adana Massacres -- The Eviction of the Turks from the Balkan Peninsula: A New Sense of Peril for Anatolia -- The Initiation and Consummation of the Genocide Under Cover of the First World War -- The Legal-Political Context of the Initiation -- International Law as a Crucible of Legal Liabilities -- The Implementation of the Genocide -- The Disguises of the Law of Deportation and Ancillary Acts -- The Issue of German Complicity.