The recent release of archives relating to the Cyprus War of 1974
shed completely fresh light on the lead-up to the Turkish landing
on the island and its aftermath. This book, based on the records
from the British and American governments, for the first time
unpicks the truth behind this controversial conflict, the effects
of which are still felt today: namely that, although there was no
British-American involvement in the coup that overthrew Archbishop
Makarios in July 1974, some members of British and American
intelligence knew about Athens' plans for a coup to occur at some
point in the autumn of 1974 but were surprised by the earlier
timetable. Equally controversially, Asmussen 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.
Asmussen analyzes the background to the 1974 war as well as the
long shadow it casts right up to the failure of the Annan plan in
2004 and Turkey's campaigns to join the European Union. This is a
vital re-reading, in the light of recently released documents, of a
long-running conflict in the eastern Mediterranean, now transported
to the heart of the European Union. It will be an essential source
for anyone interested in British or American diplomatic affairs as
well as the history of Cyprus.
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