My Brother's Road
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| Author | Markar Melkonian |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | History |
| Publisher | I. B. Tauris |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Pages | 344 pp |
| ISBN | 1-85043-635-5 |
My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia is a biography and memoir about the American-born Armenian, Monte Melkonian (1957 – 1993).
Monte was a third-generation Central California young man who abandoned a promising career as an archaeologist to become an Armenian militant. He was a witness to revolution in Iran, an Armenian militiaman in Beirut, a guerrilla fighter in Southern Lebanon, and finally, a commander of 4,000 fighters and thirty tanks in Karabagh. He died in battle on June 12, 1993, and has since been designated a national hero of Armenia.
The book was written by Monte Melkonian's elder sibling with the help of his widow, Seta,[1] and covers his journey from the classrooms of California to the rubbles of Beirut, the Iranian revolution, ASALA, and the struggle for the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh.[2]
References
- ↑ An Interview with Markar Melkonian, author of My Brother's Road.
- ↑ Road to revolution: PhD? I'd rather be a terrorist. By Philip Marsden. The Times. March 12, 2005.
External links
- Melkonian, Markar; Seta Melkonian. My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia. I.B. Tauris, 2007.