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In 1955, the Greek Cypriot organisation EOKA started an anti-colonial struggle against the British aiming at the unification of the island with Greece. This book sheds new light on the historical period of the struggle through the examination of various external and internal aspects of the conflict. It explores the role of international actors like the USA, the USSR, Germany, Turkey, Greece and the United Kingdom and grapples with the complex domestic dynamics from a variety of perspectives. The EOKA Period in Cyprus analyses the role of armed organisations on both sides of the conflict, as well as their respective responses to the developments. By looking at processes such as radicalisation, passive resistance, collective punishment, intercommunal division and disarmament, the volume effectively considers the political, social and military nuances of the struggle, offering new insights from a multidisciplinary perspective in the process.
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Introduction
Part 1: Theoretical Approaches to the Study of EOKA's Historical Period1. Historical and New Theoretical Approaches to the EOKA Struggle
Odysseas Christou and Emilios Solomou (both University of Nicosia, Cyprus)2. The Imposition of Collective Fines, 1955-1956
Andreas Karyos (University of Central Lancashire Cyprus, Cyprus)3. Radicalising for Supremacy? The polarisation of the political conflict in Cyprus in the 1940s and 1950s
Yiannos Katsourides (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)4. MAO TSE TUNG - ELAS - EOKA: Partisan warfare and urban guerrillas
Heinz A. Richter (Independent Scholar, Germany)5. The EOKA Struggle, the Turkish Cypriot Reaction and the Transformation of Intercommunal Relations
Yucel Vural (Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus)Part 2: Established and New Approaches to the Study of EOKA6. The British Response to EOKA in the House of Commons
Achilles Emilianides (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)7. EOKA and Anglo-Greek Relations: The View of Athens
Antonis Klapsis (University of Peloponesse, Greece)8. The View from Abroad: The West German stance on the EOKA struggle
Thorsten Kruse (University of Münster, Germany)Part 3: Internal Aspects and Events of the Struggle9. Disarmament and the Deniz Incident
Hubert Faustmann (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)10. The Death of Kyriakos Matsis, 19th November 1958: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Andreas Karyos (University of Central Lancashire Cyprus, Cyprus) and Andreas Marnerides (Larnaca College, Cyprus)11. EOKA's Campaign of Passive Resistance, Anglophilia and the English School, Nicosia, 1957-1959
Zenon Stavrinides (University of Leeds, UK)12. The Turkish Cypriot Answer to EOKA: The gradual emergence of the Partition Project
Nicholas Stelgias (Panteion University, Greece)Index
A propos de l'auteur
Hubert Faustmann is Professor of History at University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He is the co-author and co-editor of several books, including When the Cemetery Becomes Political: Dealing with the Religious Heritage in Multi-Ethnic Regions (2020) and Education in a Multicultural Cyprus (2017).Odysseas Christou is Assistant Professor in Government, International Law, and International Relations, in the Department of European Studies and International Relations at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He holds a PhD from the University of Texas in Austin and has been published in peer-reviewed journals.E Emilios A. Solomou is the President of the Cyprus Society of Historical Studies, Honorary Director of the UNESCO Chair and Emeritus Scholar, University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He is co-editor of several books and co-author of Historical Dictionary of Cyprus 2nd Edition (2021).
