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The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide
W.W. Norton
May 2015
On Sale: April 21, 2015
340 pages
ISBN: 0316292087
EAN: 9780316292085
Kindle: B00MEMMS48
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Non-Fiction History
A masterful account of the assassins who hunted down
the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide
In
1921, a tightly knit band of killers set out to avenge the
deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian
Genocide. They were a humble bunch: an accountant, a life
insurance salesman, a newspaper editor, an engineering
student, and a diplomat. Together they formed one of the
most effective assassination squads in history. They named
their operation Nemesis, after the Greek goddess of
retribution. The assassins were survivors, men defined by
the massive tragedy that had devastated their people. With
operatives on three continents, the Nemesis team killed six
major Turkish leaders in Berlin, Constantinople, Tiflis, and
Rome, only to disband and suddenly disappear. The story of
this secret operation has never been fully told, until now.
Eric Bogosian goes beyond simply telling the story
of this cadre of Armenian assassins by setting the killings
in the context of Ottoman and Armenian history, as well as
showing in vivid color the era's history, rife with
political fighting and massacres. Casting fresh light on one
of the great crimes of the twentieth century and one of
history's most remarkable acts of vengeance, Bogosian draws
upon years of research and newly uncovered evidence.
Operation Nemesis is the result--both a riveting read
and a profound examination of evil, revenge, and the costs
of violence.
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