Ambassador Morgenthau's Story

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"Ambassador Morgenthau's Story" is a 1918 memoir by U.S. diplomat Henry Morgenthau Sr. recounting his experiences as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I, including his eyewitness account of the Armenian Genocide.

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instanceOf book
author Henry Morgenthau Sr. NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts U.S. neutrality period in World War I
life in wartime Constantinople NERFINISHED
describesEvent Armenian Genocide NERFINISHED
deportations of Armenians
massacres of Armenians
describesOrganization Young Turks NERFINISHED
describesPerson Djemal Pasha NERFINISHED
Enver Pasha NERFINISHED
Talaat Pasha NERFINISHED
describesRoleOf United States ambassador to the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
documents German influence in the Ottoman Empire
U.S. diplomatic efforts to stop massacres
conditions of Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire
conversations with Ottoman leaders
genre historical memoir
political memoir
hasForm digital text
print
hasInfluenced historiography of World War I in the Middle East
scholarship on the Armenian Genocide
language English
mainSubject Armenian Genocide NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
United States–Ottoman Empire relations NERFINISHED
World War I NERFINISHED
diplomacy
narrator Henry Morgenthau Sr. NERFINISHED
notableFor detailed portrayal of Ottoman leadership during World War I
early eyewitness account of the Armenian Genocide
originalPublicationDate 1918
perspective first-person account
politicalStance critical of Ottoman government
sympathetic to Armenians
publicationPlace New York City NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1918
relatedWork Henry Morgenthau Sr. NERFINISHED
setting Constantinople NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
timePeriodDescribed 1913–1916
World War I NERFINISHED
title Ambassador Morgenthau's Story NERFINISHED
usedAs evidence in genocide studies
historical source on the Armenian Genocide

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Henry Morgenthau Sr. notableWork Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
Henry Morgenthau Sr. describedIn Ambassador Morgenthau's Story