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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511316803321

Autore

O'Shea Helen

Titolo

Ireland and the End of the British Empire [[electronic resource] ] : The Republic and its Role in the Cyprus Emergency

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : I.B.Tauris, 2014

ISBN

0-85772-429-0

0-85773-791-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Disciplina

914.15

Soggetti

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Cyprus

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Ireland

Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Cyprus

Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain

Ireland -- History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The Evolution of Enosis and the Irish Interaction with British Cyprus, 1878-1954; 2. The Irish Press Response to the Cyprus Emergency: A Comparative Analysis; 3. Insurgent Compatriots: Irish Republicanism and the EOKA Campaign; 4. The Irish Religious Response to Cypriot Self-Determination; 5. Irish UN Foreign Policy and the Cyprus Question; 6. Ireland, Cyprus and the Council of Europe; 7. Ireland, the Colonial Legal Service and Emergency Legislation

8. The Irish Involvement in British Counter-Insurgency in CyprusConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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, wh