Britain and Cyprus, 1955-1959: Key Themes on the Counter-Insurgency Aspects of the Cyprus Revolt

The present analysis aims to produce a penetrating enquiry of selected aspects of the British security efforts during the conflict, which proved to be crucial in the British failure to maintain their position in Cyprus and helped widen the divide between the British and the Greek-Cypriot population. In this regard, the historical background to the rebellion is reconstructed, focusing on Britain’s strategic plans for Cyprus and how these plans contradicted the political desires of Greek-Cypriots. The research agenda also includes the utility of imposing Law and Order, which was at the core of London’s preoccupation with a final settlement of the Cyprus Question. Special mention is made of the measures undertaken to strengthen the Police and the Army as forces of Law and Order. In the final segment, the British counter-insurgency effort is placed under critical examination

The Acceleration of History and Decolonization in the Eastern Mediterranean: the Case of Cyprus, 1945-1959

The aim of the present paper is to examine whether the struggle carried out in the late 1950s by the Greek-Cypriot liberation movement of EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston-National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters) against the British colonial forces in Cyprus hastened the British decision to terminate its colonial rule on the island and establish the Cyprus Republic (August 1960). International historiography about the four-year insurgency in Cyprus has, undoubtedly, produced works focused on the political, diplomatic and military planes, especially in recent years. There is further ground to be covered, however, not least concerning whether the phenomenon generally described as “acceleration of history”, the increased speed of historical events, was in evidence during the late period of British rule over Cyprus (the 1950s), which was marked by London’s decision to grant the island independence. A variety of works, bearing one way or another on British postwar colonial policies or Greek-Cypriot conduct of that time, provide an important backdrop to our analysis

Chapter 13 - A Guide To Major Cypriot Sites

Open University of Cyprus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of Cyprus

Introduction to the History of Cyprus

Open University of Cyprus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of Cyprus