Information & Sources on the historical backdrop to the Armenian Genocide

[Ahiga]

Turks and Armenians! You know (or may not know) me - I helped Broken Crescent's Alphadelta and Strelac better depict the martial glories of your ancestors with an unbiased eye, committed to researching the military and political situation of Turkish and Armenian Powers (amongst others). Well now I need your help.

I have a paper due Friday, 2 pages but I'll end up doing more. It's for a level 100 International Studies course, and my preoccupation with French and Psych studies (and ETW modding ) limited my efforts to investigate into my chosen subject. The topic is to write about genocide in some measure, and I've chosen the Armenian Genocide. Whether or not you think a genocide occurred is not intended for the topic here. Rather, I'd like to get an idea of some good sources (Including from Turkish, Armenian, and Foreign perspecives) on the historical situation which developed into the Genocide/non-genocide/whatever-you-opinion-may-be.

My goal is to report on what led to the situation, the same as one investigating the Rise of the Nazi Power or the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy. I think attempting to cover the genocide itself (or massacres that were inadvertent and sporatic, I do not want to take a partisan position when I do not have enough knowledge to do so) is too complex for such a small paper to do justice and so I want to understand what led to the situations which unfolded.

I'll be doing some crash researching tomorrow into it, but if someone has a good book or website to suggest I am all ears. I can't really bribe Armenians since they didn't have a political identity in the period of Imperial Splendour's coverage (Beyond the warrior-noble Meliks and Khanates)....but if Turks give me so me good sources, I'll make sure Imperial Splendour includes some new Ottoman units wink wink nudge nudge.