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Summary:Reports on the attempted genocide of more than 1.5 million Armenians by Turkish forces,begun in 1915,and the denial by successive Turkish governments. Traces the rise of the 'Young Turks' whose belief in the restoration of national honour,based on increased militarism and Turkish racial purity,was later reflected in Hitler's treatment of the Jews.