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The Armenian Genocide of 1915 from a Neutral Small State’s Perspective : Sweden

Avedian, Vahagn LU (2010) Armenian Genocide and Scandinavian Response In Genocide Studies and Prevention 5(3). p.323-340
Abstract
This study depicts how the Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire during World War I were perceived by a neutral small state, namely, Sweden. The Swedish knowledge should be of special interest since, as a neutral state during the entire conflict, Sweden had no immediate involvement or interest in the ongoing conflict; thus, any reporting about the events would have been untainted compared to that of the Entente or Turkey's allies. The information at hand is also essential to an understanding of the subsequent Swedish reaction. However, surveying the full amount of information needed for comprehensively understanding and analyzing the response to the massacres is beyond the scope of this article and requires a larger study. This article,... (More)
This study depicts how the Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire during World War I were perceived by a neutral small state, namely, Sweden. The Swedish knowledge should be of special interest since, as a neutral state during the entire conflict, Sweden had no immediate involvement or interest in the ongoing conflict; thus, any reporting about the events would have been untainted compared to that of the Entente or Turkey's allies. The information at hand is also essential to an understanding of the subsequent Swedish reaction. However, surveying the full amount of information needed for comprehensively understanding and analyzing the response to the massacres is beyond the scope of this article and requires a larger study. This article, therefore, addresses the first part, namely charting the information at hand, while the analysis of the response, especially a neutral small state's during an ongoing global conflict, will be left to future studies. The surveyed information in this study shows that information about the Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire was abundant. (Less)
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Armenian, genocide, ottoman, empire, turkey, wwi, world, war, one, sweden, small, state
in
Genocide Studies and Prevention
volume
5
issue
3
pages
323 - 340
publisher
University of Toronto Press
conference name
Armenian Genocide and Scandinavian Response
conference location
Yerevan, Armenia
conference dates
2011-04-20 - 2011-04-21
ISSN
1911-9933
DOI
10.3138/gsp.5.3.323
language
English
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  author       = {{Avedian, Vahagn}},
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  keywords     = {{Armenian; genocide; ottoman; empire; turkey; wwi; world; war; one; sweden; small; state}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{323--340}},
  publisher    = {{University of Toronto Press}},
  series       = {{Genocide Studies and Prevention}},
  title        = {{The Armenian Genocide of 1915 from a Neutral Small State’s Perspective : Sweden}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/gsp.5.3.323}},
  doi          = {{10.3138/gsp.5.3.323}},
  volume       = {{5}},
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