Rafael De Nogales 1932 Memoirs of a Soldier of Fortune Armenian Genocide Ottoman

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Garden City Publishing, Garden City, New York. 1932. 380 pgs. Reprint. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (stain present to the rear board, boards lightly soiled and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Rafael Inchauspe Méndez, known as Rafael de Nogales Méndez, (San Cristóbal,Táchira, October 14, 1879 – Panama City, July 10, 1936) was a Venezuelan soldier, adventurer and writer who served for the Ottoman Empire during the Great War (1914-1918). He travelled extensively and fought in many of the wars of his age. Rafael De Nogales 1932 Memoirs of a Soldier of Fortune Armenian Genocide Ottoman Description Up For Sale Today is Memoirs of a Soldier of Fortune, General Rafael De Nogales by Rafael De Nogales Y Mendez Hardcover. 8vo. Garden City Publishing, Garden City, New York. 1932. 380 pgs. Reprint Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (stain present to the rear board, boards lightly soiled and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. FROM WIKIPEDIA: Rafael Inchauspe Méndez, known as Rafael de Nogales Méndez, (San Cristóbal,Táchira, October 14, 1879 – Panama City, July 10, 1936) was a Venezuelan soldier, adventurer and writer who served for the Ottoman Empire during the Great War (1914-1918). He travelled extensively and fought in many of the wars of his age. When a young man his father sent him to study in Europe and he attended Universities in Germany, Belgium and Spain, and spoke several languages fluently. Despite his education, Nogales felt more attracted to the military profession and he began to travel where the news of war took him. He took part in several conflicts in the last part of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th: he fought for the Spanish against the Americans in the Spanish-American War; in 1902 in the Revolución Libertadora of Venezuela; in 1904 in the Russo-Japanese War. He returned to Venezuela in 1908, after the military coup of Juan Vicente Gómez that overthrew his enemy Cipriano Castro. However, he went into exile after making himself an enemy of the new president. When World War I began, after unsuccessfully attempting to join a number of other European armies, he enlisted in the Ottoman Army and was assigned to the Caucasus Front, where he reached the rank of major. He led gendarmerie troops during the siege of Van, but asked to be relieved due to what he believed were "unjustified massacres of Christians".He believed that the massacres were committed by Khahil Bey, the Commander and Chief of the Expeditionary Army he volunteered to serve.He later wrote a book describing his experiences with the Ottoman Army in World War I. In his book, De Nogales recounts the massacres of the Armenian population in Van during the Armenian Genocide and wrote: At dawn I was awakened by the noise of shots and volleys. The Armenians had attacked the town. Immediately I mounted my horse and, followed by some armed men, went to see what was happening. Judge of my amazement to discover that the aggressors had not been the Armenians, after all, but the civil authorities themselves! Supported by the Kurds and the rabble of the vicinity, they were attacking and sacking the Armenian quarter, I succeeded at last, without serious accident, in approaching the Beledie reis of the town, who was directing the orgy; whereupon I ordered him to stop the massacre. He astounded me by replying that he was doing nothing more than carry out an unequivocal order emanating from the Governor-General of the province to exterminate all Armenian males of twelve years of age and over. Nogales Méndez reported that the civil authorities found it preferable to murder at night with the help of local Kurds. When visiting Aghtamar, an island in Lake Van where the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross is located, he notes that he uncovered the corpses of many priests. Nogales Méndez visited Diyarbakir in 26 June 1915 and spoke with Mehmet Resid, who was the governor of the province. During his time in Diyarbakir, he witnessed the massacres of the local Christian population of the province. According to his conversation with Resid, the orders to massacre were sent from Interior Minister Talat Pasha. Nogales Méndez recounts in his memoirs that Resid mentioned to him that he received a telegram directly from Talat Pasha ordering him to "Burn-Destroy-Kill". After being transferred from the Caucasus, he saw action in the Sinai and Palestine Front. He fought in the Turkish lines during the entire war, and was awarded the Iron Cross by Kaiser Wilhelm II. On one occasion during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, he came face-to-face with Colonel T. E. Lawrence on the frontier. He and Lawrence looked at each other, then without speaking he and Lawrence parted with nothing to say.[citation needed] He was compared with T. E. Lawrence due to their works in Arabia despite their different uniforms. After the war ended, he worked with the Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino. Additionally, he spent time in Alaska during the time of the gold rush there. In California he fought with the forces of Mexican revolutionary Ricardo Flores Magón and also worked as a cowboy in Arizona. In Venezuela he was appointed by General Gómez as president of Apure State, but was later exiled in Panama where he died in 1936. He wrote several books about his experiences: Memorias del general Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Cuatro años bajo la Media Luna, about his experiences as an officer of the Ottoman Empire, and El saqueo de Nicaragua. His commentaries about the atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Turkish officials are in the book Cuatro años bajo la Media Luna. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. We understand that you have more choices than ever to buy books, so we strive to provide the best service, accurate descriptions, the cheapest shipping and the best customer service in the realm of bookselling. Thank you for visiting this listing and we hope to see you again soon! 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