''My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia'' by

Markar Melkonian Markar Melkonian is an Armenian-American writer, lecturer, and solidarity worker.Melkonian (2005), My Brother's Road Melkonian's book ''My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia'', details the life of his brother, Monte Melkon ...

. It is a biography and memoir about the American-born

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

Monte Melkonian Monte Melkonian (; 25 November 1957 – 12 June 1993) was an Armenian-American revolutionary and left-wing nationalist militant. He was a commander in the Artsakh Defence Army and was killed while fighting against Azerbaijan in the First Na ...

(1957–1993) published by

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in May 2008. Monte was a third-generation

Central California Central California is generally thought of as the middle third of the U.S. state of California, north of Southern California (which includes Los Angeles and San Diego) and south of Northern California (which includes San Francisco and San Jose, ...

n who as a young man abandoned a promising career as an archaeologist to become an Armenian militant. He was a witness to revolution in Iran, an Armenian militiaman in

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, a

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fighter in

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, 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 with the help of Monte's widow,

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, and covers his journey from the classrooms of California to the rubble of Beirut, the

Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

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, and the struggle for the mountains of

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