George Green is an independent researcher, whose primary research interests lie in the use of psychological mechanisms in the propaganda of both contemporary political leaders and those throughout history.

• IntroductionPart IHistorical, cultural, and psychological foundations of intergroup divisions and prejudice, and the growth in followers of a radical and violent party.Chapter 1. Historical, cultural and political background before the Armenian genocide.Chapter 2. Psychological foundations for the growth and radicalization of the CPU/CUP.Part IIInterrelationship of ideology, personality traits, psychological mechanisms and autocratic governance driving extremist beliefs and socially manipulative and violent actions.Chapter 3. Authoritarian ideologiesChapter 4. Dark personalitiesChapter 5. Autocratic facilitation of extremist beliefs and violencePart IIIUnravelling the callous social-cognitive manipulation that drives the propaganda, the decision making process, and the orchestration and perpetration of genocide.Chapter 6. PropagandaChapter 7. Young Turk meetings and directives associated with the Armenian genocide.Chapter 8. Perpetration of the Armenian genocide.Chapter 9. Interdependency of ideology, personality traits, and psychological mechanisms. Dimensions in concert with other risk factors in the prelude to and orchestration of the Armenian genocide

George Green is an independent researcher, whose primary research interests lie in the use of psychological mechanisms in the propaganda of both contemporary political leaders and those throughout history.

• IntroductionPart IHistorical, cultural, and psychological foundations of intergroup divisions and prejudice, and the growth in followers of a radical and violent party.Chapter 1. Historical, cultural and political background before the Armenian genocide.Chapter 2. Psychological foundations for the growth and radicalization of the CPU/CUP.Part IIInterrelationship of ideology, personality traits, psychological mechanisms and autocratic governance driving extremist beliefs and socially manipulative and violent actions.Chapter 3. Authoritarian ideologiesChapter 4. Dark personalitiesChapter 5. Autocratic facilitation of extremist beliefs and violencePart IIIUnravelling the callous social-cognitive manipulation that drives the propaganda, the decision making process, and the orchestration and perpetration of genocide.Chapter 6. PropagandaChapter 7. Young Turk meetings and directives associated with the Armenian genocide.Chapter 8. Perpetration of the Armenian genocide.Chapter 9. Interdependency of ideology, personality traits, and psychological mechanisms. Dimensions in concert with other risk factors in the prelude to and orchestration of the Armenian genocide