About the Author

Merrill D. Peterson, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Virginia, is the editor of the Library of America edition of the writings of Thomas Jefferson and the author of numerous books, including Lincoln in American Memory and John Brown: The Legend Revisited (Virginia).

Reviews

The principal actors in this book are Americans whose triumphs and failures emerge as deeply emblematic of the American spirit and character. The kind of challenge and dilemma that Americans faced as to how to respond to the agony of the Armenians is still with us: to what extent should morality and humanitarianism enter into American diplomacy and foreign policy? --Vigen Guroian, Loyola College, author of Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination