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    Books on Armenian Nation Building

    I have just started reading a book called History of Armenian Independence and Other Memoirs (Հայաստանի անկախութեան պատմութիւնը եւ այլ յիշատակներ) by Dr. Artashes Babalian. Babalian was the minister of labor and social issues of the first republic of Armenia. After the Bolshevik takeover he settled in Iran, where he wrote this memoir.

    This thread should be used to post recommendations and reviews of books that pertain to the "third republic" of Armenia. Two that I plan to read, that are widely available in English are The Right to Struggle by Monte Melkonian and My Brother's Road by Markar Melkonian.
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    Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

    I would recommend the following from Dr. Armen Ayvazyan

    Home
    http://www.hayq.org/index.php?p=7&l=eng


    They are accessible from his website in PDF format and are not bad reads.
    Achkerov kute.

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      Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

      I can see why you'd recommend him. He shares your same pessimism regarding the diaspora.

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        Pessimism? Why not realism? The guy is a scholar who knows more about Armenian politics and history than you and I will ever know.

        Are you going to actually read the material before you conclude he's pessimistic, as opposed to realistic?
        Achkerov kute.

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          Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

          Originally posted by Anonymouse View Post
          Pessimism? Why not realism? The guy is a scholar who knows more about Armenian politics and history than you and I will ever know.
          In traditional Armenian communities, the majority have remained Armenian with little assimilation. It's in the West where assimilation mostly occurs.

          Are you going to actually read the material before you conclude he's pessimistic, as opposed to realistic?
          He posted a lengthy article on Hetq a few months ago.

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            Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

            Originally posted by TomServo View Post
            In traditional Armenian communities, the majority have remained Armenian with little assimilation. It's in the West where assimilation mostly occurs.


            He posted a lengthy article on Hetq a few months ago.
            Do you think it's possible to have an Armenian community in the West that won't assimilate?

            His whole point is, a diaspora only exists in relation to Armenia. No Armenia, no diaspora. And diaspora itself is numbered.
            Achkerov kute.

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              Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

              Just curious Mouse, do you plan on returning to Armenia? If so, any set time frame?
              For the first time in more than 600 years, Armenia is free and independent, and we are therefore obligated
              to place our national interests ahead of our personal gains or aspirations.



              http://www.armenianhighland.com/main.html

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                Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

                Originally posted by Armanen View Post
                Just curious Mouse, do you plan on returning to Armenia? If so, any set time frame?
                Someday I do. I don't know when that will be. It's hard for me to know because I don't come from money so I have to first establish some stability. My parents have held their fair share of the burden and I have to step in the plate. The sooner I establish a job after my studies, work, start a family, the sooner I can save money, to first buy a home, or some land. The rest will work its way naturally. Most likely early 40s just ripe for the mid-life crisis.
                Achkerov kute.

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                  Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

                  Originally posted by Anonymouse View Post
                  Someday I do. I don't know when that will be. It's hard for me to know because I don't come from money so I have to first establish some stability. My parents have held their fair share of the burden and I have to step in the plate. The sooner I establish a job after my studies, work, start a family, the sooner I can save money, to first buy a home, or some land. The rest will work its way naturally. Most likely early 40s just ripe for the mid-life crisis.
                  You plan to start a family in America first then move to Armenia? It seems to me like you would be setting your feet firmly in America if you did that.

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                    Re: Books on Armenian Nation Building

                    Originally posted by Anonymouse View Post
                    Someday I do. I don't know when that will be. It's hard for me to know because I don't come from money so I have to first establish some stability. My parents have held their fair share of the burden and I have to step in the plate. The sooner I establish a job after my studies, work, start a family, the sooner I can save money, to first buy a home, or some land. The rest will work its way naturally. Most likely early 40s just ripe for the mid-life crisis.

                    So it's more a matter of "when" and not "if" with you?
                    For the first time in more than 600 years, Armenia is free and independent, and we are therefore obligated
                    to place our national interests ahead of our personal gains or aspirations.



                    http://www.armenianhighland.com/main.html

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