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The Critic's View: Beyond Revisionism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Richard G. Hovannisian ,
Stanford J. Shaw  and
Ezel Kural Shaw
Richard G. Hovannisian
Affiliation:
Professor of Armenian and Near Eastern HistoryUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Stanford J. Shaw
Affiliation:
Professor of Turkish and Near Eastern HistoryUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Ezel Kural Shaw
Affiliation:
Research Associate in Near Eastern HistoryUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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Forum: The Armenian Question
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 379 - 400
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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