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

Author:   John Burke (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367349387


Pages:   222
Publication Date:   11 September 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Britain and the Cyprus Crisis of 1974: Conflict, Colonialism and the Politics of Remembrance in Greek Cypriot Society


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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.

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Author:   John Burke (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367349387


ISBN 10:   0367349388
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   11 September 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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John Burke is a teacher at Newcastle University, UK.

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