Following a strong hook from the preface, Power jumps right into the Armenian genocide with chapter one. The Armenian genocide is just one example of how a genocide is able to take place. Because the country was caught up in a war the government was able to hide the atrocities being committed to the Armenian people. Everyone else was too busy to pay attention to what was happening. Countries each had their own motive and did not feel like helping the Armenians. On top of that people were unable to believe that something like that would even happen. Turkey was already in a state of extermination as they had already separated Armenians from the rest of the empire and were moving them out of the country. Their “deportations” were covers for allowing people to just die. Those who orchestrated these murders worked to cover up any of this even happening and because of the U.S’ stance on sovereignty, Talaat, an Ottoman ruler, was able to evade charges as Germany refused to give him up.…show more content… What made this even worse was Talaat’s assassin, Soghomon Tehlirian, was on trial for the killing. As a linguist and a Lawyer, Lemkin wanted to create international laws that would prevent someone like Hitler or the Turks from committing genocide again. Unfortunately for Lemkin Hitler invaded his home country and was forced to flee. Having to leave his family to die, because they refused to leave, Lemkin traveled far and wide until eventually making his way to America. Here is where he really advocated for the U.S to take action against Hitler and his plans for extermination. With no one listening to what he had to say Lemkin learned a valuable lesson; if you want politicians to hear you, you need to get the people on your
