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The Right to Struggle: Selected Writings of Monte Melkonian on the Armenian National Question

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Monte Melkonian was a great man, and his cause was noble. The turkish government occupies historically Armenian lands, and lies about the brutal killings of the Armenian Genocide, even to this day. The lies of the turkish government are clearly demonstrated by the last reviewer. There are 10s of thousands of documents in the U.S. alone, first hand accounts from foreign diplomats in Armenia at the time, that prove the validity of the claim of Armenian genocide. But thats not how the story gets passed along. I have never met an Armenian in the Armenian diaspora that doesn't have some gruesome story of their family in the Armenian Genocide. In my family, the men were shot, the women raped and sent on deathmarches, and the only survivors were two teenagers, orphaned, and sent to America. This is where Monte Melkonian gets his inspiration. He knows that Armenians in the Armenian diaspora were forced out by the turks, and that they will return to their ancestral homeland of over 2000 years once it is ridden of the turkish occupiers.

About the claim that the last reviewer brought up about fighting on the part of the Armenians during the time of the Armenian Genocide, take this quote from The German Vice-Consulate at Erzerum: "Ittihad will dangle before the eyes of the allies the specter of an alleged revolution prepared by the Armenian Dashnak party. Moreover local incidents of social unrest and acts of Armenian self-defense will deliberately be provoked and inflated and will be used as pretexts to effect the deportations. Once en route however, the convoys will be attacked and exterminated by Kurdish and Turkish brigands, and in part by gendarmes, who will be instigated for that purpose by Ittihad." This qoute obviously proves that from the beginning, the turkish government planned on lying about the Armenian genocide in the very mannor that the last reviewer lied about it.

The review the previous person posted here, he posted 10 times, so it should not even be considered a review of a book, and should be taken off the site. I would not be surprised if the person who left this extremely offensive and insulting review turned out to be working for the turkish government, or is at least "brainwashed" by the U.S. funds spent by the turkish government to deny the Genocide (yes, thats right, U.S. FUNDS!) I know that the Armenian Genocide occured, and that the turks were the perpetrators, because not only have I read the countless first hand accounts of foreigners, but I have listend to people who actually escaped the Genocide. Until the turkish government admits to the Armenian Genocide, and gives us our land back, they will be just as guilty as those who carried out the Genocide, because by not admitting to it, they are condoning it.

These writings are very important for any study of either the Armenian 'question' or any analysis of ASALA and its true motives.

Go in the mind of a leader and on what this wise man was thinking about as he fought the enemies. Highly intensive and interesting.

this book is amazing to anyone who wants to understand how armenians still have emotional scars and feelings of revenge when concerning the armenian genocide.

monte was a true patriot, a tashnag, who served his people with his life.

Without a doubt, this is a great book. Monte Melkonian was a true genius, a true patriot and a champion of the underdog. Most literature written about the Karabagh conflict doesn't really get to the heart of the problems, mainly the ant-Armenian sentiment that runs through Azerbaijan and is promoted by their government. This book really sets the record straight!

Although I had read his biography right before reading this book (which I recommend, especially since this book is just a collection of his writings), I felt a strong sense of purpose in his mission in life.

Though somewhat fogged by cold-war propaganda, especially since the U.S. won, Montes constant focus for the Armenian cause is clear, despite the cold-war rhetoric which might confuse some people. There was a line drawn in the sand during the cold war; some were on the side of capitalism, and some were on the side of progresive socialism.

Though a critic could easily attack Monte for being a 'communist', the bottom line is that whatever he was, he was for the hope and future of the Armenian people. His loyalty to the former Soviet Republic of Armenia was based on the fact (which he constantly repeats) that most Armenians lived in the USSR, and that Kemalist Turkey was on the other side of 'the line'. He shatters paradigms with sharp truths and his passion for a true Armenia, for Armenians, with a honorable future is clearly his focus. His respectful criticisms of the current and past issues of the community are a great lesson for us today, if we ever want to better our resolve.

Mitchell is a Turk or quasi turk who is out there to deny Armenian Genocide by denigrating Armenian efforts of recognition and quoting various so called researchers like Shaw, McCarthy, Lowry and others like Weems, Lewy, all of whom are working for the turkish government.

The book was well written, and gramatically correct. It shows that the first genocide of the 20th century is still victimizing generations of Armenians. Genocide continues when personalities like Mitchell denies it occurence. Armenian Genocide is well accepted fact by at least 126 Israeli scholars and others around the world.

if you're at all interested in ASALA or Karabagh, this is an interesting read. I would suggest compative readings, as to get a less slanted view on things.