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Informationen zum Autor Jan Asmussen is Assistant Professor at Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus. He previously worked as Head of the Department of International Relations at Girne American University, Northern Cyprus. He studied History, Political Science, Sociology and Economic History in Kiel and Copenhagen. After working on the South-East European Handbook Project on Cyprus between 1994 and 1998 he completed his PhD at Hamburg University. He is the author of numerous articles in English and German which have been widely published, including in the Cyprus Review and in Britain in Cyprus, 1878-2006 (edited by Hubert Fausmann and Nicos Peristianis). Klappentext Based on the records from the British and American governments! this book explores why both the British and the Americans decided not to inform the Cyprus government as well as the reasons behind Britain's surprising reluctance to exercise her right of intervention on the island. It analyses the background to the 1974 war. Zusammenfassung Based on the records from the British and American governments, this book explores why both the British and the Americans decided not to inform the Cyprus government as well as the reasons behind Britain's surprising reluctance to exercise her right of intervention on the island. It analyses the background to the 1974 war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents:1. Cyprus - A troubled history2. Western-Greek relations during the Junta period3. Turkish-American relations (late 1960s / early 1970s)4. Makarios and the Junta - the dusk of Enosis5. ‘The Castro of the Mediterranean’ - Archbishop Makarios in the eyes of British and American intelligence.6. The coup - 15 July 19747. Diplomatic activity - Britain refuses to intervene8. 20 July 1974 - the Turks land in Cyprus9. The Junta retreats - Karamanlis returns to Athens10. Conferences and stalemate11. 14 August 1974 - Turkey divides the island12. Britain threatens to open fire on Turkish soldiers - the end of the war13. Conspiracy theories revised - What did Kissinger know and do?14. Beyond the crises - Cyprus from Cold War to Annan...
