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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819645903321

Autore

Holland R. F (Robert F.)

Titolo

Britain and the revolt in Cyprus, 1954-1959 / / Robert Holland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England], : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-151333-4

1-280-75223-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

956.9303

Soggetti

Decolonization - Cyprus

Cyprus History War for Union with Greece, 1955-1959

Great Britain Colonies Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-340) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations and Map; 1 The Pattern of Colonial Cyprus, 1878-1950; 2 A Crisis of Trust, 1 February 1950-1 April 1955; 3 'Terror Island', 2 April-3 October 1955; 4 The Struggle for Mastery, 4 October 1955-9 March 1956; 5 A Light in the Tunnel, 10 March-26 July 1956; 6 The Sands of Goodwill, 27 July 1956-5 April 1957; 7 Matters of Honour, 6 April-4 October 1957; 8 A Time of Gestures, 5 October 1957-13 February 1958; 9 A Choice of Evils, 14 February-30 June 1958; 10 The Metaphysics of Partition, 1 July-4 December 1958; 11 A Promised Land?, 5 December 1958-19 March 1959

12 Afterthoughts and AftermathsList of Sources; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Robert Holland's unique case-study is essential reading for anybody interested in the response of policy makers to the challenge of 'terrorism' overseas after 1945, the liquidation of the British Empire, the breakdown of ethnic co-existence under intense pressure, and the effects of regional destabilization on the wider international system. - ;This is the first in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Charting the `inner his