A German General and the Armenian Genocide: Otto Liman von Sanders Between Honor and State

by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

Overview

The legacy of the German general, Otto Liman von Sanders, remains highly contested in the history of twentieth-century Europe and the Middle East. Noted for leading the 5^th Ottoman army’s successful defence of the Dardanelles and Gallipoli in 1915, his role in opposing the Young Turks’ genocide policy and safeguarding Greeks, Armenians, and Jews is overshadowed by his imprisonment for war crimes in 1919. In this enlightening reassessment of Liman von Sanders’ life, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach uses previously-unpublished archival materials to uncover new dimensions to this story and, in doing so, explores wider ethical questions concerning the role of the individual in global crises, the nature of morality in military conflict, and the limitations of justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781836950394
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	07/01/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Muriel Mirak-Weissbach is a graduate of Wellesley College and a Fulbright scholar, who completed her graduate studies at the State University of Milan. She has published articles on politics and culture in the Arab and Islamic world, and on Armenia, as well as essays on literature and philology. Her recent publication include; Through the Wall of Fire, Armenia - Iraq – Palestine: From Wrath to Reconciliation (2013), and Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring (2012). In 2012 she and her husband established the Mirak-Weissbach Stiftung, a small foundation supporting cultural, educational, and social projects in Armenia.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Notes on Text, Translation, and Spelling

Prologue

Chapter 1. Constantinople 1913
Chapter 2. Gallipoli 1915
Chapter 3. Genocide 1915-1918
Chapter 4. Malta 1919: February–April
Chapter 5. Malta 1919: April–August
Chapter 6. Germany 1919
Chapter 7. Yerevan 2019
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Honor

Appendix I: Letter from Liman von Sanders to the Swiss Government with First Enclosure: Letter by Dr. Constantin Makris to the High Court Martial of Malta
Appendix II: Second Enclosure: Document by Liman von Sanders. The Occurrences Which Led to the Partial Evacuation of Aivalik
Appendix III: Chronology

Bibliography
Index