Books

Manipulation of academia

Leasing the Ivory Tower by Lawrence Soley

An in-depth look at corporate manipulation of academia.

The Turkish State and History by Speros Vryonis

Contains a survey of Turkish government efforts to impose its view of history in the American academic and political establishments.

The Fall of the Ivory Tower by George Roche

A look at government influence in universities. Foreword by Steve Forbes, Princeton '70.

The Academy in Crisis edited by John W. Sommer

A collection of essays that examine how government's pervasive involvement has manipulated higher education to serve economic and political objectives.

Genocide and corruption

The Nazi Doctors by Robert Jay Lifton

The monumental book that started the Lowry affair by prompting his memo to the Turkish Ambassador. Ironically, the work shows how service to the state caused doctors to abandon their professional ethics and serve the cause of genocide.

Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian

By the force behind the Petition of Scholars and Writers on the Lowry issue. An award winning memoir that includes a discussion of the affair, bringing the issue into the American mainstream.

The Armenian Genocide by Vahakn Dadrian

The work by the distinguished genocide scholar dismissed by Heath Lowry as "the Armenian author Dadrian" in his memo to the Turkish ambassador. Dadrian's meticulous study of primary sources gives lie to Lowry's ghostwritten claim that Dadrian isn't among "historians of the period in question" and doesn't "rely on primary research in [his] own works."

Mostly Morgenthaus by Henry Morgenthau III (Princeton '39)

The history of the Morgenthau family by the grandson of the American ambassador to Turkey during the Armenian genocide. Includes descriptions of both the efforts of Ambassador Morgenthau during the Genocide, and his son, Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr., during the Holocaust.

The Splendid Blond Beast by Christopher Simpson

How economic and political interests contributed to both the Armenian genocide and the Jewish Holocaust.

Double Vision by Ben Bagdikian

By the editor of the Washington Post during the Pentagon Papers affair, and the former Dean of the Berkeley School of Journalism. Describes how his experiences as a refugee from the Armenian genocide shaped his career as a critic of journalism's subservience to corporate interests. "...a gripping and penetrating story of courage, wisdom, and integrity," Ralph Nader, Princeton '55.

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