I have just finished reading Peter Balakian's book, "The Burning Tigris" 
Its subject matter relates to ltan Abdul Hamid's (the bloody Sultan), 
massacre of 250,000 or more Armenians during the latter part of the 19th century 
the 1915-1923 massacres of 1,500,000 or more Armenians by the Young (Ottoman) Turks, 
as well as some more Armenians after World War I when the Turks finally overthrew 
the Ottomans. And even after supposedly becoming more civilized under Atturk's 
road to modernization.   Along with Turkey's involvement in all of these satanic 
atrocities, Balakian has also interwoven into his book a massive amount of 
verifiable background.  

Without a doubt, I was not only impressed with the clarity and quality of 
Balakian's writing, but also with the enormous amount of time and labor 
that he must have put into his research. All in all, it was a masterpiece. 

The amount of people who have died in wars and at the mercy of despots 
during the last hundred or more years, would be enough to populate our 
entire world during the time of our Lord Jesus Christ.  I believe that 
there is a message in Peter Balakian's book.

Speaking for myself, it gave me a lot to think about but I have no 
desire to burden the reader with my personal evaluations.   I will let 
the readers judge for themselves. One thing for sure, it will make us 
all better Armenians for reading it, if we aren't one already. 

Joseph Vosbikian