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Book Synopsis The Cyprus Emergency by : Nicholas van der Bijl
Download or read book The Cyprus Emergency written by Nicholas van der Bijl and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British faced two serious problems the first, the Greek Cypriots desire for Enosis and second, the intense rivalry and antipathy between the Greek and Turkish communities.In 1955 the former resulted in a bitter EOKA terrorist campaign led by Colonel George Grivas. This resulted in the deaths of over 100 British servicemen. Nicosias Murder Mile was the scene of many shootings. The Governor Field Marshal Harding narrowly escaped assassination in his residence. The next phase was the Turkish Governments military intervention in 1974 to prevent what they saw as the Greek takeover. In a bloody invasion which saw widespread ethnic cleansing and displacement of communities, the Island was divided into two sectors policed by the United Nations. This exists today, as do the British Sovereign Base areas at Dhekalia and Atrokiri/Episkopi.This book describes the most troubled years of this beautiful island which is so well known to British servicemen, their families and vacationers.
Book Synopsis NATO and the Cyprus Crisis by : Philip Windsor
Download or read book NATO and the Cyprus Crisis written by Philip Windsor and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The End of Empire written by Martin Bell and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Bell, the former BBC was reporter and Independent MP, served as a soldier in the Suffolk Regiment during the Cyprus emergency between 1957 and 1959. In a chocolate box in the attic many years later he found more than 100 letters that he had sent home to his family. He was not a journalist then, but the letters give a vivid impression of what it was like to be a conscript on active service during the EOKA rebellion against British rule. They describe road blocks and cordons and searches, murders and explosions and riots Ð and a strategy of armed repression that ultimately failed. From this beginning he has written The End of Empire. His narrative is a powerful and personal account of the violent process of decolonization, of the character of the British Army at the time and the impact of National Service on young men who were not much more than Ôkids in uniformÕ. It also gives a graphic insight into the ultimate futility of the use of force in wars among people and it reveals the true story of the insurgency and the campaign to defeat it. By drawing on recently declassified documents, he shows that Cyprus in the late 1950s was run not by the governor but by a military junta. The army commanders were looking for the knockout blow that would deliver victory, but their misguided tactics served only to strengthen support for their enemy. So The End Of Empire is much more than a personal reminiscence. It is an absorbing account of the experience of army life from the perspective of a private soldier, and it is the inside story of how Britain tried to crush a violent rebellion sixty years ago.
Book Synopsis The Cyprus Emergency by : Søren Havshøi-Jensen
Download or read book The Cyprus Emergency written by Søren Havshøi-Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting EOKA written by David French and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon a wide range of unpublished sources, including files from the recently-released Foreign and Commonwealth Office 'migrated archive', Fighting EOKA is the first full account of the operations of the British security forces on Cyprus in the second half of the 1950s. It shows how between 1955 and 1959 these forces tried to defeat the Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisation, EOKA, which was fighting to bring about enosis, that is the union between Cyprus and Greece. By tracing the evolving pattern of EOKA violence and the responses of the police, the British army, the civil administration on the island, and the minority Turkish Cypriot community, David French explains why the British could contain the military threat posed by EOKA, but could not eliminate it. The result was that by the spring of 1959 a political stalemate had descended upon Cyprus, and none of the contending parties had achieved their full objectives. Greek Cypriots had to be content with independence rather than enosis. Turkish Cypriots, who had hoped to see the island partitioned on ethnic lines, were given only a share of power in the government of the new Republic, and the British, who had hoped to retain sovereignty over the whole of the island, were left in control of just two military enclaves.
Book Synopsis 'Mayhem in the Med' by : Richard G. M. Stiles
Download or read book 'Mayhem in the Med' written by Richard G. M. Stiles and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Stiles marks the 50th anniversary of the commencement of that troubled period known as the Cyprus Emergency, 1955-60. The text takes the form of a daily newspaper to allow the reader to experience events as unfolding news stories.
Book Synopsis Britain and the Cyprus Crisis 1963-1964 by : James Ker-Lindsay
Download or read book Britain and the Cyprus Crisis 1963-1964 written by James Ker-Lindsay and published by Harrassowitz. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work casts light on the actions of the United Kingdom during the Cyprus Crisis of 1963-64. In particular, the volume concentrates on a very specific period of events, charting the course of British actions from the start of fighting to the moment when UN Security Council Resolution 186 passed responsibility for peacekeeping and peacemaking over to the United Nations.As is shown, Britain actually undertook several different roles during this period. On the one hand, it was a crisis manager and peacekeeper. Its timely decision, along with Greece and Turkey, to establish a peacekeeping force, the Joint Truce Force, certainly helped to limit the extent of fighting on the island, and thus reduced the chance of direct Turkish intervention. However, as this work shows, it was not an easy role to play and required a significant manpower commitment from the United Kingdom. On the other hand, Britain also tried to act as peacemaker. At first this was done informally on the island, but was later supplemented by a formal peace process in London. Unfortunately, the process failed in its objective and in doing so created a rift between Britain and the Greek Cypriots, which ended all hopes that Britain might be able to broker a compromise between the parties. It also affected Britain's efforts to find an alternative peacekeeping force to replace the Joint Truce Force - an effort that involved looking at the Commonwealth and NATO as possible peacekeepers. In the end, the United Nations was called upon to keep the peace, a role that is forty years old.However, the book also shows that the 1963-64 Crisis is profoundly important for two other reasons. First of all, it was during these months that the Greek Cypriots were accorded international legitimacy as the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. As will be shown, this came about partly as a requirement of international peacemaking and peacekeeping. However, it also becomes clear that the actual confirmation of this recognition involved a certain amount of what the Turkish Cypriots see as betrayal - betrayal by Britain, by the United States, and, most surprisingly, by Turkey. Secondly, this period saw the acceptance by the international community of the legality of the Treaty of Guarantee. As a result, Turkey retained an internationally accepted constitutional right to intervene in the island's affairs. This right was put into effect in 1974 after a coup ordered by the then military government in Athens overthrew Archbishop Makarios, the first president of the independent state. As a result the island was divided and the more modern understanding of the 'Cyprus Problem' was created.Drawing on official British government documents and interviews with many of the protagonists of the period, this work is the first in-depth study of Britain's leading role during this critically important juncture in the modern history of Cyprus.
Book Synopsis America, Britain and the Cyprus Crisis of 1974: Calculated Conspiracy or Foreign Policy Failure? by : Dr. Andreas Constandinos
Download or read book America, Britain and the Cyprus Crisis of 1974: Calculated Conspiracy or Foreign Policy Failure? written by Dr. Andreas Constandinos and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-06-29 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America, Britain and the Cyprus Crisis of 1974 examines recently released and declassified British and American government documents, in order to scrutinize the roles played by both of these countries during the Cyprus crisis of 1974. It evaluates British and American aims towards Cyprus, analysing in particular the roles played by British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan and US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, and their respective relationships with the Cypriot, Greek and Turkish governments. Also, the book considers Whitehall and Washington's responses to the Greek military coup, the Turkish invasion, the two Geneva conferences on Cyprus and the second, consolidatory, phase of the Turkish invasion. Ultimately, the book seeks to ascertain whether there exists any credible evidence to support the belief that Britain and/or America were complicit in the coup against President Makarios as well as whether they colluded with Ankara in her subsequent partition of the island.
Book Synopsis Keeping the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963–64 by : A. James
Download or read book Keeping the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963–64 written by A. James and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-11-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Cold War the small state of Cyprus was of great strategic importance to the West. Britain, the United States, and Nato all had valuable installations there; and any armed conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots could easily suck two nearby Nato members - Greece and Turkey - into war. When therefore, intercommunal fighting broke out in Cyprus in December 1963, the West was deeply embarrassed. This book examines the consequential efforts of, first Britain, and then the UN, to keep the peace.
Book Synopsis A Diary of the Euro Crisis in Cyprus by : Panicos Demetriades
Download or read book A Diary of the Euro Crisis in Cyprus written by Panicos Demetriades and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the euro crisis in Cyprus from the inside. Written by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Panicos Demetriades, who was in office during this turbulent period, this book shows how the crisis unravelled through a series of key events that occurred during his tenure. Written in chronological order, and broadly based on the author’s personal diary, starting from his first day in office, this volume brings together economics, banking, regulation, governance, history, politics and international relations. Presenting personal witness statements, including records of noteworthy telephone conversations, informal meetings and other milestones, it examines crucial questions like: How did Cyprus become so systemically important to the rest of the euro area? Why was Cyprus treated so differently in comparison to other peripheral countries in Europe? Why were bank depositors targeted? What role did Cyprus’ links with Russia play in the design of the programme? What has been the toxic fallout from the bail-in? Are there any longer-term implications for the euro? What are the lessons for regulators around the world? The book will appeal to readers interested in financial crises, the euro’s architecture, the evolution of the European Monetary Union, and those with an interest in how Europe and the IMF dealt with crises in peripheral European countries.
Book Synopsis Ireland and the End of the British Empire by : Helen O'Shea
Download or read book Ireland and the End of the British Empire written by Helen O'Shea and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1949, Ireland left the Commonwealth and the British Empire began its long fragmentation. The relationship between the new Republic of Ireland and Britain was a complex one however, and the traditional assumption that the Republic would universally support self-determination overseas and object to 'imperialism' does not hold up to historical scrutiny. In reality, for economic and geopolitical reasons, the Republic of Ireland played an important role in supporting the Empire- demonstrated clearly in Ireland's active involvement in the Cyprus Emergency of the 1950s. As Helen O'Shea reveals, while the IRA formed immediate links with EOKA and the Cypriot rebels, the Irish government and the Irish Church supported the British line- which was to retain Cyprus as the Middle-Eastern base of the British Empire following the loss of Egypt. Ireland and the End of the British Empire challenges the received historiography of the period and constitutes a valuable addition to our understanding of Ireland and the British Empire.
Book Synopsis The Genocide Files by : Harry Scott Gibbons
Download or read book The Genocide Files written by Harry Scott Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book describes how the Greek fixation with Enosis--union with Greece--led to a one-sided war against the Turks and the brutal massacres of their men, women and children."--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Propaganda and the Cyprus Revolt by : Maria Hadjiathanasiou
Download or read book Propaganda and the Cyprus Revolt written by Maria Hadjiathanasiou and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the EOKA period of Greek Cypriot revolt against British colonial rule, the Greek Cypriots and the British deployed propaganda as a means of swaying allegiances, both within Cyprus and on the international scene. Propaganda and the Cyprus Revolt places new emphasis on the vital role propaganda played in turning the tide against British colonial control over Cyprus. Examining the increase of violence and coercion during this period of revolt, this book examines how the opposing sides' mobilization of propaganda offered two alternative visions for the future of Cyprus that divided opinion, to the ultimate detriment of British counterinsurgency efforts. Detailing the deployment of propaganda by both parties across radio, television and print channels, the book draws upon previously unpublished archival material in order to paint a detailed picture of how the British Empire lost control over the hearts and minds of the Greek Cypriot people. This study shines new light on a crucial period of Cypriot history and contributes to wider transnational debates around the use of propaganda and the end of empire. This will be an essential read for students of Cyprus history and British colonial history.
Book Synopsis Health in Humanitarian Emergencies by : David Townes
Download or read book Health in Humanitarian Emergencies written by David Townes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, best practices resource for public health and healthcare practitioners and students interested in humanitarian emergencies.
Book Synopsis Emergency Powers in Asia by : Victor V. Ramraj
Download or read book Emergency Powers in Asia written by Victor V. Ramraj and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does, and should, legal, political, and constitutional norms play in constraining emergency powers, in Asia and beyond.
Book Synopsis The Evolution of British Counter-Insurgency during the Cyprus Revolt, 1955–1959 by : Preston Jordan Lim
Download or read book The Evolution of British Counter-Insurgency during the Cyprus Revolt, 1955–1959 written by Preston Jordan Lim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evaluates the prosecution of British counter-insurgency operations during the Cyprus Revolt of 1955-1959. Historians have typically cast the Cyprus Revolt as a failure, situating it within the larger pattern of the post-1945 failure of conventional armies to deal with insurgencies. By analyzing the reminiscences of British policemen, National Servicemen, and officers both junior and senior, the study provides a ground-up assessment of the British counter-insurgency effort. The work examines also the contradictions gripping Greek and Turkish Cypriot opinion, arguing that developments during this time period set the scene for intercommunal violence in the 1960s and 1970s. Military history is taken in a broad sense and includes the Cypriot government’s attempts to control its image in the eyes of international opinion. By intimately dealing with indigenous news outlets like the Times of Cyprus and Halkın Sesi, this book offers lessons for modern policymakers and civil servants concerned with the importance of sound press strategy.
Download or read book Cyprus at War written by Jan Asmussen and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledgements p. XI Introduction p. 1 Literature Review p. 4 1 The Centre of a Pre-Copernican Universe: A Very Short History of Cyprus p. 11 2 The Road to Disaster: Makarios and the Junta p. 15 3 Coup d'etat in Nicosia: The First 48 Hours p. 21 The Evacuation of Makarios p. 36 Contingency Plans and Delaying Tactics p. 39 4 Joint Intervention? p. 49 Kissinger's 'pet idea' - The Clerides Solution p. 56 Downing Street Meeting, 17 July 1974 p. 57 5 'Promoting a solution which will be in US interests', 18 July 1974 p. 65 6 Sisco in Athens and Ankara: Kissinger's Failure to Restrain the Turks, 19 July 1974 p. 75 Makarios at the Security Council p. 87 NATO's Attitude toward the Crisis p. 89 7 'A new ballgame': Turkey's First Military Operation p. 91 8 The First Two 'Ceasefires', 21 and 22 July 1974: The Road to the First Geneva Conference p. 105 The Sinking of the Kocatepe p. 111 Anglo-Turkish Confrontation at Kyrenia, 22 - 23 July 1974 p. 112 9 'A net gain for the West': Political Implications of the Turkish Military Operation p. 117 10 Further Anglo-Turkish Confrontation, 23-26 July 1974 p. 125 Confrontation at Nicosia Airport p. 126 11 Blockade of Northern Cyprus? The First Major Anglo-American Rift p. 133 12 The Danger for Turkish Cypriot Communities p. 139 13 First Geneva Conference, 25-30 July 1974 p. 147 The Eviction of the UN from Kyrenia - Britain Considers Military Intervention p. 162 The Final Phase at Geneva p. 165 14 Between the Talks, 1-12 August 1974 p. 171 15 Second Geneva Conference, 8-13 August 1974 p. 181 The Kissinger Solution - Cantonal Proposal p. 195 'There is no American reason why the Turks should not have one-third of Cyprus' - Final US Efforts to Save the Conference p. 210 The Final Showdown p. 213 16 Stopping the Turks? Final Debates on British/UNFICYP Military Intervention and a Greek Convoy p. 217 17 War, 14-16 August 1974 p. 225 Confrontation at Ayios Nikolaos, 15 August 1974 - The Last Possible Anglo-Turkish Showdown or the 'Trigger-Happy' Commander p. 230 Diplomatic Activities p. 231 The Final Day, 16 August 1974 p. 238 18 Big and Little Lies: Conspiracy Theories Gain Ground p. 241 Anglo-Turkish Collusion or Anglo-Greek Collusion? - The Evacuation of Officers from the British Bases p. 244 'If these attitudes continue we will wash our hands of the whole thing' - The Death of Roger Davies p. 246 19 Permitting Racial Separation: Attempts at Post-Crisis Management p. 249 A Present for Secretary Kissinger - Greek-Cypriot Territory as a Bargaining Chip p. 254 'A hard character with not much charity in his soul' - A Change in Turkish Attitude p. 256 Tyler's Mission to Athens - No Chance for a Solution p. 260 20 Refugees and War Crimes p. 265 Refugees on the British Bases p. 266 Population Exchange p. 272 Exchange of Prisoners p. 273 Missing Persons - and other War Crimes p. 274 21 Beyond the Crisis: Cyprus from Cold War to Annan p. 281 Conclusion: 'There is no nation of maniacs I don't get involved in': Henry Kissinger's Idiosyncratic Methods of Working p. 289 Annexes p. 299 Notes p. 305 Bibliography p. 353 Index p. 361.
