Foreword: A fortuitous meeting / Micol Ascoli -- Foreword: Recognizing the Armenian genocide / Caroline (Baroness) Cox -- Preface / Heþle`ne Piralian-Simonyan -- History of the Armenian genocide to the present day -- Silence, denial, and trauma -- Trauma in relation to historical genocide -- Psychoanalytic perspectives on the causes and effects of genocide -- Twentieth-century genocide: brief examples from history -- Psychological consequences for those who survived -- Anger with no end: the tragic consequences of denial -- Conclusion: moving towards healing and recovery -- Appendix I: Maps of 1915 Armenian genocide -- Appendix II: United Nations convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide -- Appendix III: Article 301 -- Appendix IV: Previous, recent, and current involvement in the question of the Armenian genocide by world leaders, significant figures, and the media -- Appendix V: Turkish quotes about the Armenian genocide.