British Cyprus and the Long Great War, 1914-1925 - Empire, Loyalties and Democratic Deficit

Most of the Cypriot population, especially the lower classes, remained loyal to the British cause during the Great War and the island contributed significantly to the First World War, with men and materials. The British acknowledged this yet failed to institute political and economic reforms once the war ended. The obsession of Greek Cypriot elites with enosis (union with Greece), which only increased after the war, and the British dismissal of increasing the role of Cypriots in government, bringing the Christian and Muslim communities closer, and expanding franchise to all classes and sexes, led to serious problems down the line, not least the development of a democratic deficit. Andrekos Varnava studies the events and the impact of this crucial period.

List of contents

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction:
Chapter 1: British Cyprus 1878-1915: The Inconsequential Possession
Chapter 2: Elite Loyalties: Enosis, the Greek Schism and the War Effort
Chapter 3: Middle-Class Loyalties: Military Intelligence and the War Effort
Chapter 4: Lower-Class Loyalties: Cypriots at War
Chapter 5: Refugees and Settlers: Inclusivity and Exclusivity
Chapter 6: ‘Remember Heligoland’: Retaining Cyprus against the Enosis Policy
Chapter 7: Colonialism, Enosis and Democratic Deficit, 1921-25
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Andrekos Varnava is an Associate Professor in Imperial History at Flinders University, Adelaide and an Honorary Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Summary

Most of the Cypriot population, especially the lower classes, remained loyal to the British cause during the Great War and the island contributed significantly to the First World War, with men and materials. Andrekos Varnava studies the events and the impact of this crucial period.

Product details

• Authors: Andrekos Varnava, Andrekos (Flinders University of South Au Varnava, Andrekos (Flinders University of South Australia) Varnava, Varnava Andrekos
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781138698321
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69832-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Studies in First World War History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, First World War, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Middle East / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1910 to c 1919, Colonialism and imperialism, Cyprus, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I