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Ireland and the End of the British Empire - The Republic and its Role in the Cyprus Emergency (Paperback)
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Ireland and the End of the British Empire - The Republic and its Role in the Cyprus Emergency (Paperback)
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In 1949, Ireland left the Commonwealth and the British Empire began
its long fragmentation. The relationship between the new Republic
of Ireland and Britain was a complex one however, and the
traditional assumption that the Republic would universally support
self-determination overseas and object to 'imperialism' does not
hold up to historical scrutiny. In reality, for economic and
geopolitical reasons, the Republic of Ireland played an important
role in supporting the Empire- demonstrated clearly in Ireland's
active involvement in the Cyprus Emergency of the 1950s. As Helen
O'Shea reveals, while the IRA formed immediate links with EOKA and
the Cypriot rebels, the Irish government and the Irish Church
supported the British line- which was to retain Cyprus as the
Middle-Eastern base of the British Empire following the loss of
Egypt. Ireland and the End of the British Empire challenges the
received historiography of the period and constitutes a valuable
addition to our understanding of Ireland and the British Empire.
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