This remarkable autobiography traces the life of Paul Ignatius—American-Armenian statesman and senior U.S. defense official—from his family’s survival of the Hamidian massacres and resettlement in England to their new beginnings in the United States. With particular warmth, Ignatius recalls his Glendale childhood, when family friends William Saroyan and Rouben Mamoulian were frequent visitors.

He reflects on his years at Harvard, service in World War II, and subsequent leadership in the U.S. government. The narrative culminates in a historic journey to Western Armenia and Yerevan, a return that threads personal memory with national history.

This Armenian edition features a special foreword by his children—David, Sarah, Amy, and Addie Ignatius.