Britain and the Cyprus Crisis of 1974: Conflict, Colonialism and the Politics of Remembrance in Greek Cypriot Society

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-34938-7
Verlag: ROUTLEDGE

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern Eu

This book examines the ideological and socio-political discourses shaping the remembrance and representation of Britain and the Cyprus conflict of 1974 within Greek Cypriot society. By combining the official with the popular and drawing on an extensive range of oral history interviews, this monograph shows that a suspicion born out of Britain’s long (neo-)colonial connection to Cyprus has come to frame the image and understanding of British actions associated with the events, and lasting consequences, of 1974. Indeed, with the island of Cyprus still divided, and the requirement to remember a national imperative, this book has a direct contemporary relevance. However, within the existent literature, while much has been written about the political roots of the Cyprus conflict, no study has yet sought to systematically analyse and understand the influences shaping the history and memory of British actions on Cyprus in 1974. One defined by the existence of 'partitionist' conspiracies, collusive accusations and a series of memory distortions which continue to resonate strongly irrespective of the evidence that is now available. As such, by analysing the influences shaping the image of Britain in 1974, one can begin to understand in ever greater detail the Anglo–Greek Cypriot relationship in a modern context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burke, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. ‘One of Our Problems’: The British view of the Crisis of 1974

3. Imagining Conflict and its Causes: Structuring a Popular Greek Cypriot Response

4. Creating Official Images of the Past in Greek Cypriot Historical Narratives and School Texts

5. Reconciling the Past: Sites of Memory and acts of Public Remembrance

6. Framing the 'Cyprus Problem'

7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

John Burke is a teacher at Newcastle University, UK.