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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.
List of contents
Acknowledgements Chronology Leading Personalities Terminology, Sources, and Abbreviations List of Maps PART I: PRELUDE Problem Settlement Collapse PART II: THE CRISIS The West's Interest in a Peaceful Cyprus Containing the Crisis: I: The British Period Britain's Search for Partners: I: NATO Britain's Search for Partners: II: The UN Recruiting the UN Force Organizing the UN Force The Operational Methods of the UN Force Containing the Crisis: II: The UN Period The Quest for a Better Settlement Postscript Bibliography Index
About the author
ALAN JAMES, Professor Emeritus at Keele University, taught at the London School of Economics and Keele University where he was Professor of International Relations for twenty-five years. His publications include The Politics of Peacekeeping and Peacekeeping in International Politics (both for the International Institute in Strategic Studies) and Britain and the Congo Crisis.
Summary
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.
