Preoccupying world war created the opportunity window for genocide

Evidence

“By the spring of 1915, leaders of the ruling party, the CUP, seized the opportunity of a world preoccupied by war to erase the Armenian presence from almost all Ottoman lands. The CUP was a triumvirate led by Mehmet Talaat, Ismail Enver, and Ahmed Jemal.” — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 18

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cold war rivalry shielded genocides from international enforcement — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and…, 466

Broader Connections

• Cold war rivalry shielded genocides from international enforcement #complicates (0.75) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 466