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Refocusing on—Crimes Against—Humanity
This chapter contrasts the terms genocide and democratic social contract. It not only takes seriously the exterminatory rejection of human...
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Taner Akçam as Scholar-Activist and Armenian-Turkish Relations
An important debate in the field of comparative genocide studies emerged about 15 years ago. Should scholars of genocide disconnect themselves from...
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Taner Akçam, Istanbul, My Bridge
This volume opens with a poem by the poet, memoirist, and scholar Peter Balakian. “Coming to Istanbul” deals with the shock and trauma of returning...
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Cohabitating in Captivity: Vartouhie Calantar Nalbandian (Zarevand) at the Women’s Section of Istanbul’s Central Prison (1915–1918)
Vartouhie Calantar Nalbandian (1893–1978), the only Armenian woman known to have been arrested by the Ottoman Turkish authorities in Istanbul in the...
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Categories and Their Interstices: The Armenian Genocide Beyond Resistance and Accommodation
During the Armenian Genocide, some deportees were afforded the opportunity to avoid subsequent waves of deportation and massacres by working for the...
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Crusading Against Bosnian Christians, c.1234–1241
Launched for the purpose of eradicating heresy in Bosnia and its environs, the Bosnian crusade of 1234–1241 was led by Coloman, Prince of Hungary and...
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Conclusion
Crusading against Christians was widespread, in terms of geography, chronology and the variety of participants and opponents. This concluding chapter...
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Holy War and Crusade in Southern Italy: Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries
The kingdom of Sicily was one of the most active theatres of crusading against Christians. The kingdom of Sicily saw the beginnings of holy wars...
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Deconstructing Rudolf Berthold: The Brittle, Violent Life of Germany’s “Iron” Aviator
While the First World War in the air has been extensively studied from technical, military, and industrial perspectives, the intersection of aviation...
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Introduction
This section identifies the insurgency fought in Dhofar, Oman, from 1963 to 1976 as an understudied topic in twentieth-century British and Middle...
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Opposition
This chapter zooms in on the opponents of a Scandinavian union (e.g. a union that included not only Sweden and Norway but also Denmark). To...
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The End of the Beginning
This last chapter of the book forms a bridge between it and its sequel, Scandinavia and Bismarck. The point of departure is the classic arguments...
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Roads Not Taken
This introductory chapter situates the book in the context and aftermath of the great upheaval brought upon Scandinavia by the Napoleonic Wars. The...
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Scandinavia’s Holy War
On the surface of things, Scandinavia might appear as a quiet corner during Europe’s years of revolution in 1848–1849. Yet, as this chapter...
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Social Network Analysis—Identifying Women’s Socio-Political Roles
Strategic marriages were a key alliance formation tactic throughout the early modern world, and Algeria was no exception. Therefore, this chapter...
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Understanding the Context
During the 1830 French conquest of Algeria, witnesses watched, aghast, as officers looted administrative buildings, and soldiers used official...
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From War to Revolution
This chapter starts by surveying the political situation in Europe in January 1864 with a special emphasis on the great power policies towards the...
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Scandinavianism During the Crimean War
This chapter begins with the Treaty of London in 1852 to end the First Schleswig War (1848–1851) and ends with the conclusion of the Crimean War in...
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From Theological to Secular Claims
The legitimacy of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine has been disputed since at least the Balfour Declaration in November 1917, when the...
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Judaism’s Claims: A Multiplicity of Interpretations
The Jewish claim to the Promised Land varies regarding borders but is definite in principle. The triad of God, People and Land is established in the...