The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian

Emmett Conn is an elderly man who, at the end of his life, is visited by confusing memories, memories that were lost to him after his injuries as a Turkish soldier in WWI.  These memories come back to him piece by brutal piece and involve the (real-life) genocide of Armenian Christians during a forced march to Syria.

Mustian himself has distant Armenian ancestors (who came to the U.S. before the U.S. Civil War).  As he learned more about this forced march  -- which came about because the Armenians were assumed to be sympathetic toward the Russians (and thus against Turkey) -- the idea for The Gendarme came to be.

While I'm glad that Mustian is bringing these horrible events to light, the book itself didn't draw me in.  It may be that I just am not in a place to be able to stomach the kind of brutality that is prevalent throughout the story.  I know that others have appreciated this book, so I'm not un-recommending it, but I myself did not love it.