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David Corke DTS Publishing, ISBN: 978-1900515191, pp.104, h/b, CY18.44/ €31.50
Heinz A. Richter Peleus, Studien zur Archaologie und Geschichte Griechenlands und Zyperns Band 29, Verlag, 2004, ISBN: 3933925649 pp. 498, h/b CY£25.20/ €43.06
Georghios M. Pikis Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Constitutional Law Library, ISBN: 978-9004152410, pp. 164, h/b, CY£ 57.14/ €97.63 Following 82 years of British rule, Cyprus emerged in 1960 as an independent state endowed with a written Constitution, detailed to the extent of making provision for nearly every aspect of government. Two distinct features of the Constitution are a) the incorporation of a comprehensive charter of human rights backed up by a duty cast on every authority of the State to ensure its efficient application and b) the strict separation between the three powers of the State. Another notable aspect of it is the introduction of judicial review of administrative action rendering justiciable every act, decision or omission of every organ, body or person exercising administrative or executive authority. The diversity of the sources of constitutional order, its detailed provisions about nearly every aspect of government convey a distinct complexion to the Constitution of the country. This book covers its application in the turbulent history of the island, which provides a singular if not a unique example of the sustenance of constitutional order in extreme circumstances; constitutionalism in full swing.
James Ker-Lindslay I.B.Tauris, ISBN: 978-1845115043, pp.168, h/b, d/j, €64.10 When Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), was arrested in February 1999, it marked a turning point in relations between Greece and Turkey. As the country's most wanted man, his arrest was greeted with jubilation throughout most of Turkey. However, it also led to a public outcry when it emerged that he had been captured leaving the Greek Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. This was seen as definitive proof that the Greek Government had been aiding and abetting the PKK. In the days and weeks that followed the arrest, relations between the Aegean neighbours sank to their lowest level since the summer of 1974, when Athens and Ankara had come to the brink of war over Cyprus. However, by the end of the year, the picture could not have been more different. An improbable series of events that included a regional conflict, two major disasters and the death of a senior Greek politician had led to a complete transformation in the relations between the two countries. The crowning moment of this change came in December when Greece dropped its long-standing opposition to Turkish candidacy for EU membership. How did this remarkable change come about? Who should take the credit? And what did it mean for diplomatic relations in the Eastern Mediterranean? This is the story of how two countries started down a path to peace after decades of tension and hostility and how, over the course of one monumental year, relations between Greece and Turkey went from the brink of conflict to an unprecedented affirmation of friendship and solidarity.
James Traub Bloomsbury, ISBN: 9780747587286, pp.442, p/b, CY£9.45/ €16.15 In 2004 Kofi Annan was nearly hounded from office by scandal. Following the invasion of Iraq, critics, and even some supporters, began asking whether the UN had outlived its usefulness. Do its failures arise from its own structure or from a clash with a US administration determined to go its own way? James Traub, who enjoyed unprecedented access to Annan and his aides from 2003 to 2006, delves into these questions and describes the Oil-for-Food scandal, the failed attempt to act decisively against ethnic cleansing in Sudan, and Annan’s sweeping reforms. The Best Intentions is both a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of Annan’s two terms as Secretary General and an important critical study of the institution that has carried the best hopes of the world since 1945.
Murat Metin Hakki I.B.Tauris, 2007, ISBN: 978-1845113926, pp.664, h/b, CY£47.25 / €80.73 Since Britain's occupation of Cyprus in 1878 and the fall of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, ethnic rivalry has dominated the island's divided history. This comprehensive collection of documentary evidence and archival sources offers an enlightening insight into the troubled political conflict of the island and seeks to illuminate the contested debate. "The Cyprus Issue" brings together material which scrutinises relations between Cyprus and Europe over the last twenty years, exploring the impact of international and constitutional law on the dispute. Paying particular attention to judgements delivered by the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights, this volume sets out the legal and political documents which inform the discourse on the subject. Arguing that a wide range of interest groups will need greater access to legal and political documentation if Cyprus is to integrate itself fully into an ever broadening European Union, this book above all provides an essential resource for scholars and researchers seeking primary source data on contemporary Cyprus. Murat Metin Hakki has been awarded law degrees from the University of Southampton, the London School of Economics and Cornell Law School, as well as a Masters of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University. He has published articles in various journals and newspapers in Cyprus, Turkey and Greece.
Yiorghos Leventis Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN: 3631384114, pp.278, p/b The 1940s were tumultuous in terms of world history. However, they were also pivotal in shaping the destiny of Cyprus, Britain's solitary colony in the eastern Mediterranean, the easterly outpost of Hellenism and the battleground for one of the bloodiest emergencies in British imperial history (late 1950s). Accordingly, this book has two main objectives. The first is to trace the formulation of British colonial policy towards Cyprus, which resulted in the offer of limited constitutional reform in 1947. The second is to explore the contrasting responses of the left and right wings of the Greek Cypriot majority. The book argues that London's policy was driven by the perceived need to perpetuate British sovereignty. This overriding aim conditioned all attempts at constitutional reform. It had the effect of driving a wedge between these two Cypriot wings. The Right consistently demanded immediate self-determination (i.e. enosis) while the Left adopted a moderate stance, accepting self-government as a staging post on the road towards self-determination. The product of extensive archival research as well as interviews with veterans of the era, this book fills a glaring void in the English language literature on the history of Cyprus and of the empire it once formed part.
Intercollege Press, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2007, ISBN: 978 9963634453, pp. 306, p/b, CY£12.60 This volume includes essays representative of Van Coufoudakis' work on Greek - Turkish relations, Greek foreign policy, American poreign policy in S.E. Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, and especially on Cyprus. Running through the essays is the author's deep commitment tot he rule of law, democracy, human rights and peaceful conflict resolution in the turbulent world.
Tim Potier Peleus, Studien zur Archaologie und Geschichte Griechenlands und Zyperns Band 38, Verlag, Franz Philipp Rutzen, 2007, ISBN: 3938646209, pp. 764, h/b, CY£29.40 "The author has chosen to examine in his book the constitutional aspects of the Cyprus Problem under the Annan Plan. Indeed any “Functional Cyprus Settlement” should address these, as the constitutional aspects are certainly of crucial importance and they also contain connotations and symbolisms. However, the problem is not limited to constitutional issues alone. Even the most appropriate constitutional solutions could not by themselves be “a highly functional settlement” either, as the author seems to believe in his forward. Though the author is not optimistic, he points out in no uncertain terms that: “At the end of the day, all that is required is the will and certain level of trust”. He sees that: “Extreme fatique, diplomatically, has set in over the ‘Cyprus problem’ as the period since the referendum has become extended”. However, we, Cypriots, cannot allow fatigue to set in over us and I am glad that legal academia seems to share this view by discussing aspects of a plan that has been tabled and failed, a discussion which may provide food for thought in our future endeavours. It is a very encouraging exercise, since what we look for is a way of starting afresh. We have two indicators on which we may base our efforts: the Report of Sir Kieran Prendergast (then Deputy Secretary General of the UN of 22 June 2005 and the resulting agreement of the 8th July 2006, for a final solution. It is not the proper forum here to expand on these issues, but I cannot resist the temptation to indicate one salient statement of Sir Kieran, he said: “…the Cyprus problem must be settled on its own merits and primarily serve the interests of the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots”.Tim’s book could prove useful in the context of the new efforts that are in progress, and hopefully of new negotiations that may start, or even in the context of a common constitutional assembly, which this speaker advocates. The Cypriots have a right and an obligation to reclaim their country for themselves and to reverse the present unacceptable status quo...." Dr Kypros Chrysostomides
Andrew Sardanis I.B.Tauris, 2007, ISBN: 978 1845112882, pp.274, h/b, d/j, CY£25.75 This is a vivid personal history of an international business career. "A Venture in Africa" takes the reader through the twists and turns of doing business with African states and leaders in the turbulent 1970s and later. Drawing on his long experience of modern Africa and international business, Sardanis portrays the crises, disasters and personalities he has encountered in the continent. He shows how the old Africa of corruption, despotism and nepotism is being replaced by a new Africa in which a rising generation of business leaders is emerging - with practical technical and professional skills and free from the post-colonial mentality. A hugely intriguing and entertaining story which shows that Africa, despite the bad press, presents an immensely important and a rich source of commercial opportunities for the successful businessman. Andrew S. Sardanis was born and educated in colonial Cyprus, worked as a journalist and spent his life in Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia, where he developed his business interests including work with multinationals and was a member of the legislature and government. His previous book, Africa: Another Side of the Coin, was published in 2003.
Stella Soulioti Minnesota Mediterranean & East European Monographs XVI, A Modern Greek Studies Yearbook Supplement, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006, ISSN: 1057-3941, Volume 1: xxiii + 626 pages / Volume 2: xiii + 824 pages + map supplement, CY£57.75 [sole distributor for Cyprus / Europe]
Seldom can a single historical study successfully accomplish a transformation of
political perceptions. But this, for careful readers, is likely to be the
outcome of Stella Soulioti’s Fettered Independence: Cyprus, 1878–1964. Had her
book appeared forty years ago, much inter- national misunderstanding about
events in or concerning Cyprus would have been dissipated, and the attitudes of
states, which in the 1964–1974 decade shaped Cyprus’s downward path, culminating
in the Republic of Turkey’s 20 July 1974 invasion of Cyprus, could have been
very different. Soulioti’s work is the antithesis of a romantic “if only” view
of history. It is comprehensively grounded on a mass of facts, accompanied by
analysis and her generally cautious opinions. from the Foreword by Claire Palley
Iacovos Kareklas Harvard University, 2005, pp.92, h/b, CY£10.50
Holy Metropolis of Kyrenia, Nicosia, 2006, ISBN: 9963608019, pp.505, p/b, CY£42.00 Guide to the Christian monuments of the Holy Metropolis of Kyrenia (Greek language only). Folded map with all monuments mentioned.
Sevgul Uludag IKME & BILBAN, Cyprus, 2006, ISBN: 9963915868, pp. 459, p/b, CY£10.50 This journey has started five years ago, touching the taboo subject of the missing in Cyprus. Since then, there has been a Turkish book in three editions and a Greek version, all becoming best-sellers. This work has created an avalanche, with more people coming to talk, secrets to ne opened. During this process myriad of memories from the past of Cyprus have been rekinkled...
Vamik Volkan Pitchstone Publishing, 2006, ISBN-10: 0972887571, pp. 307, h/b, d/j, CY£16.80 Killing In The Name Of Identity: A Study Of Bloody Conflicts by Vamik Volkan (Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia) is a scholarly examination of the psychological and political answers to the question "Why do they hate us so?" What prompts mass murder on the basis of identity alone, from ethnic clensing to the Bataan Death March to the terrorist attacks of September 11? Written with compassion as well as logical analysis, Killing In The Name Of Identity probes the universal elements in humanity and society that can prompt such tragedies, and how to best prevent, defuse and combat large-group violence in co-existing societies.
Μιχάλης Δούντας ΚΑΚΤΟΣ, 2006, ISBN: 9603827312, pp.595, p/b, CY£15.40
Van Coufoudakis Minnesota Mediterranean & East European Monographs, Publications of Modern Greek Studies Program, University of Minnesota, USA, Number XV, ISSN 1057-3941 pp.137, p/b, 2006, £17.85
Harry Anastasiou Author House, 2006, ISBN: 1425943608, pp.483, p/b, CY£22.05
Sozon- Christos Theodoulou Bibliopolis, Studies in the Archaeology and History of Greece and Cyprus, Peleus, Volume 34, ISBN: 3933925835, pp. 146, h/b, CY£23.20
Sir David Hunt Trigraph, London, ISBN: 0947961100, pp.330, h/b, d/j, CY£23.10 Brig.Chandra B. Khanduri Knowledge World, New Delphi, 2006, ISBN: 818796636X, pp.394, h/b, d/j, CY£28.35 The biography of Indian general would be of immense interest to historians and Thimayya admirers. It is amazing how Thimayya became an important actor in some of major legacies of conflict of the mid 20th century: Korea, Kashmir, the Chinese hegemony in Asia, and Cyprus. Lots of valuable information about recent history of Cyprus, as General Thimayya was serving as Commander of UN forces in Cyprus (July 1964 - December 1965).
Routledge, Journal of the Institute of Postcolonial studies, Melbourne, Volume 9, Number: 3, September 2006, ISSN: 1368-8790, p/b, CY£ Postcolonial Studies is the first journal specifically aimed at publishing work which explores the various facets—textual, figural, spatial, historical, political and economic—of the colonial encounter, and the ways in which this encounter shaped the West and non-West alike. New Issue - completely dedicated to Cyprus.
Έρση Δημιτριάδου Nicosia, 2006, ISBN: 9963930409, pp.453, Greek language only, h/b, CY£31.50 Album with b/w photographs of Kyrenia, its schools, neighbourhoods and people.
Indiana University Press, 2006, ISBN: 0253218519, pp. 232, p/b, CY£ The volatile recent past of Cyprus has turned this island
from the idyllic "island of Aphrodite" of tourist literature into a place
renowned for hostile confrontations. Cyprus challenges familiar binary
divisions, between Christianity and Islam, Greeks and Turks, Europe and the
East, tradition and modernity. Anti-colonial struggles, the divisive effects of
ethnic nationalism, war, invasion, territorial division, and population
displacements are all facets of the notorious Cyprus Problem. Incorporating the
most up-to-date social and cultural research on Cyprus, these essays examine
nationalism and interethnic relations, Cyprus and the European Union, the impact
of immigration, and the effects of tourism and international environmental
movements, among other topics.
Harriet Martin Continuum, 2006, ISBN: 0826490573, pp.184, h/b, d/j, CY£17.85
The secret world of international peace deals is exposed in "Kings of Peace", a
ground-breaking new book that goes behind the scenes of televised handshakes to
reveal what it really takes to broker peace in today's conflicts. Drawing on
unparalleled access to some of the world's leading conflict mediators, "Kings of
Peace" provides fascinating insights into the lengthy, fragile and often stormy
process of transforming war into peace. Lakhdar Brahimi, former Algerian Foreign
Minister, brokered a deal in Afghanistan, before going on to help - albeit
reluctantly - the Americans appoint a government in Iraq; Kenyan General Lazaro
Sumbeiywo successfully talked the two sides in South Sudan - Africa's longest
running war - into making peace; Peruvian diplomat, Alvaro de Soto, spent five
years trying to resolve the Cyprus conflict, only to see his
efforts fail at the final hurdle; Briton Martin Griffiths secured the first
peace deal in Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh; and, the Norwegians Erik
Solheim and Vidar Helgesen managed to midwife the ongoing peace process in Sri
Lanka. These are extraordinary individuals whose tireless efforts and personal
conviction have succeeded in persuading hostile groups to stop fighting often
after many others have abandoned peace efforts as a lost cause. A powerful and
important new book, "Kings of Peace" shines an intriguing light on a profoundly
secretive profession, in which a mediator will meet the American President one
day and the world's most wanted terrorist the next, all in the name of brokering
a peace deal. Above all, it explores the ethical tightrope that the mediators
themselves inevitably walk, between being kings of peace and pawns of war. Constantin Stefanou, ed. Ashgate, 2005, ISBN: 0754621189, pp.275, h/b, CY£60.40 This edited volume deals with a subject that is both topical and interesting; that is the functioning and achievements of recent enlargement process. By focusing on the accession of Cyprus to the European Union, the book attempts at exploring the unique attributes and peculiarities of the “big bang enlargement” of 1 May 2004, as well as the intricacies of the legal and technical harmonization and accession process. In that framework while the book regards Cyprus as a specific case with its own challenges and priorities, it also sheds the light to some of the common features of the recent enlargement. Rather than dealing in-depth with the contentious “Cyprus problem” as is the case for many other studies regarding the island, this edited volume adopts the approach of providing a legal and technical analysis on the efforts of Cyprus on the road to the European Union membership.
Makarios Drousiotis Bibliopolis Publications, Volume 32, ISBN: 3933925762, pp.279, h/b, CY£23.65 This book tells the story of the establishment and the activities of the illegal EOKA B organization in Cyprus and its subordination to the Greek junta, while Turkey was meticulously preparing to invade the island. The 15 July 1974 coup and the overthrow of President Makarios is told on the basis of new sources. It describes the Turkish invasion, the occupation of 33% of the territory of Cyprus and the violent displacement of its population. It contains all the events and the entire backstage diplomatic activities during the 1974 Cyprus tragedy that unfolded in Washington, Nicosia and Ankara, as these are recorded in the State Department's confidential diplomatic correspondence and the top secret reports of the U.S. National Security Council. Makarios Drousiotis is a journalist and writer from Cyprus. He is the Nicosia correspondent of Greek newspaper Eleftherotypia and a columnist for the Nicosia newspaper Politis. He has published a number of books on recent Cypriot history (1945-1974), based on research in private and public archives in Cyprus, Greece, the United States and Great Britain.
Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra Nicosia, 2006, no ISBN, pp.33, p/b, large format, CY£4.20
Π.Ν.ΒΑΝΕΖΗΣ ΕΝ ΤΥΠΟΙΣ, Λευκωσία, 2006, ISBN: 9963654258, σελ.411, p/b, CY£18.90
Oxford University Press, March 2006, 300 pages; 12pp plates; ISBN: 978-0-19-924996-1 ISBN10: 0-19-924996-2, hardback, d/j, CY£36.75 The Greek revolt against Turkish rule in the 1820s, and the ensuing establishment of an independent Hellenic Kingdom, was the principal precursor of an age of nationalism in the eastern Mediterranean world. Amongst the Great Powers, Great Britain thereafter played the most critical role in struggles to expand the frontiers of Greece beyond their initially confined extent. Through a focus on events leading to the cession of the Ionian Islands to Greece in 1864, the often bloody process of Cretan unification climaxing in 1913, the adhesion of the Dodecanese to Greece in 1948, and the travails of British colonial rule in Cyprus through to independence in 1960, the book develops a comparative overview of the United Kingdom's engagements with the modern Hellenic experience. At the heart of the various themes covered by this volume is the interaction between internal and external forces shaping the futures of divided island societies. In exploring the resulting patterns the authors provide an original insight into the political and social morphology of the eastern Mediterranean. Although the principal context is provided by Anglo-Hellenic relations, the nature of the struggles necessitate a close attention to Ottoman decline and post-Ottoman succession, Great Power rivalries, ethnic and communal disintegration, the early history of international peace-keeping, and decolonization after 1945. In tracing these preoccupations, the often neglected significance of the eastern Mediterranean is more accurately situated in relation to British authority overseas and its limits. Although the policy process is carefully charted, the essential concern is with struggles of mastery within islands where Britons and Greeks, amongst others, found themselves frequently at odds. In evoking the engagement between British power and Hellenic nationalism, a fresh perspective is given to the modern history of the eastern Mediterranean, and the Balkan and Near Eastern worlds to which they were intimately connected.
Paul Sant Cassia Berghahn Books, New York - Oxford, ISBN: 1571816461, pp.304, h/b, bibliog., index, 30 ills, 5 maps. CY£46.20
In the course of hostilities between Greek and Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and
1974, over 2000 persons, both Greek and Turkish Cypriots, went "missing" in
Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean with a population distribution of 80%
Greeks and 18% Turks. This represents a significant number for a population of
only 600,000. Few bodies have been recovered; most will probably not be. All are
still mourned by their surviving friends and relatives. The conflict has still
not been resolved and the memories are still alive.
Georghios Theodoulou Nicosia, 2005, ISBN: 9963903819, pp.188, h/b, d/j, CY£12.60
This work is the Thesis of Mr. Georghios Theodoulou, M.A., which was submitted
to the Divinity Department of the University of Glasgow for the postgraduate
Degree of M.Th. (by research).
Michael Jansen Minnesota Mediterranean & East European Monographs XIV, A Modern Greek Studies Yearbook Supplement, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005, ISSN: 1057-3941, pp.92, p/b, CY£16.80 This slim volume is a journalist’s account of the looting and
destruction of the cultural heritage of Cyprus following Turkey’s invasion and
occupation of the north in 1974. . . . Archaeologists, historians, military
strategists, art an antiquities experts, and policemen may one day get together
and assemble a comprehensive study of the fate of the relics of the many
civilizations which flourished on this island since people first settled on its
shores. But until they do, I hope that my small contribution to the literature
on the looting of Cyprus may convey to readers what takes place when wars are
waged in countries with long and rich histories.”
James Ker-Lindsay Palgrave, 2005, ISBN: 1403996903, pp.214, h/b, d/j, CY£42.00 This work traces the attempts by the United Nations to bring about the reunification of Cyprus prior to the island's accession to the European Union on 1 May 2004. In addition to charting the course of previous efforts to solve the Cyprus issue, the book recounts the direct discussions between the two sides from January 2002 through to April 2004 and analyses the reasons why the UN plan was rejected in a referendum. JAMES KER-LINDSAY is Director of Civilitas Research and an associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, where he previously served as the co-ordinator of the Greek-Turkish Forum. A frequent commentator on regional affairs, he has also covered Greek and Cypriot politics for the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Altay Nevzat Oulun Yliopisto, Oulu, Finland, 2005, ISBN: 9514277503, pp.467, p/b, CY£ Academic Dissertation to be presented with the assent of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, for public discussion in Kuusamonsali (Auditorium YB210), Linnanmaa, on August 16th, 2005, at 12 noon The rise of competing nationalisms in Cyprus first drew world attention in the 1950's, yet the origins of nationalism in Cyprus can clearly be traced to the closing stages of Ottoman rule on the island during the nineteenth century. While the earlier development of nationalism in the Greek Orthodox community of Cyprus is commonly acknowledged, the pre-World War II evolution of nationalism amongst Cyprus' Moslem Turks is consistently overlooked or misrepresented. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this work contends that Turkish nationalism in Cyprus did not first emerge in the 1950's, but instead grew gradually from the late nineteenth century onwards; that nationalism amongst the island's Turks was first discernible in a 'civic' form founded on Ottomanism which was gradually, though progressively replaced by Turkish ethno-nationalism; and that while both British colonial policies and especially the threat perceived from the rise of Greek nationalism on the island may have helped spur nationalism amongst the Turks, the continued cultural and political interaction with Ottoman, and even non-Ottoman Turks, and later with the Turkish Republic was at least as influential in fostering nationalist sentiments and prompting their expression in political actions. While particular note is made of the often neglected impact of the Young Turk movement in the early twentieth century, this study acknowledges and seeks to elucidate a complex assortment of variegated stimuli that ranged from international developments, such as the recurring crises in the Balkans and President Wilson's speech on the 'Fourteen Points', to the personal attitudes and attributes of British administrators and domestic inter-ethnic relations, and local and international economic trends and developments. Together, it is maintained, these influences had made Turkish nationalism a perceptible phenomenon amongst the Turks of Cyprus by the time of the October Revolt of 1931.
Speros Vryonis, Jr Greekworks.com, NY, USA, ISBN: 9780974766034, pp. 659, h/b, d/j, CY£42.50 The troubled events of September 6-7, 1955, in Istanbul marked a watershed in Greco-Turkish relations, the future of the Greek presence in the Turkish capital, and the wider politics of the eastern Mediterranean. Speros Vryonis’s account is meticulous and exhaustive in its coverage of the causes, dynamics, and effects of disturbances that had tangible political goals from the start. Based on a thorough acquaintance with archival sources in Greek, Turkish, and English, as well as oral testimonies, Vryonis has provided an original and significant contribution to the literature on the regional politics, the evolution of the Cyprus problem, and the Hellenic presence in Asia Minor. —Robert Holland, professor of overseas history, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, and author of Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-59. The Turkish state is founded on certain taboos, one of which is the atrocities against its Christian citizens before and during the founding of the Republic. On Turkey’s way to membership in the European Union, many unfortunate events in its past, which remain in darkness, have slowly become subjects of public discussion. We are very fortunate to have this extremely thorough analysis by Prof. Vryonis, who has lifted yet another dark moment in Turkish history into the light of scholarship. The complicity of the Turkish state on September 6-7, 1955, in organizing the attacks against the Christians, and especially Greeks, has been known only in limited circles, and there have not been many detailed studies in English. Prof. Vryonis has not only made a great contribution to both Turkish and Greek studies, but he has also opened up the space for Asia Minor studies wherein the two societies can one day write their own narratives. —Taner Akçam, visiting associate professor of history, University of Minnesota, author of From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide, and former Amnesty International Turkish prisoner of conscience.
Brigadier Francis Henn Foreword by Sir Brian Urquhart KCMG MBE Pen & Sword Books Ltd, England, 2005, ISBN: 184415081X, pp.550, h/b, d/j, CY£31.50 The island of Cyprus, long troubled by inter-communal strife, exploded onto the world stage with the Athens-inspired coup against President Makarios and Turkey's invasion that followed. This resulted in the partition of the Island, which was policed by UNFICYP under the most testing conditions. These dramatic events are described here for the first time in this definitive work which examines the political and military background, the Greek and Turkish forces and the make-up and operations of the multi-national UN Force.
Andreas Varnavas Foundation of the EOKA Liberation Struggle 1955-1959, Series A’: Sources and References of the EOKA Struggle, No.5, Nicosia, 2004, ISBN: 9963613551, pp.407, h/b, CY£15.75 The task of compiling the History of the EOKA liberation struggle is rendered difficult by manifold events, both political and military, interwoven over a four-year period (1955-1959). A large number of persons with varying degrees of contribution each were involved in these events. For this reason not everything can be recorded in a book addressed to the reading public at large. The reference to the individual contribution of EOKA members is, therefore, to a very large extent limited. To have attempted the opposite would have required many years of research, covering many more hundreds of pages. This book presents the main events, without reference to the names of those who participated in them, except in those cases where this was deemed necessary. The books by EOKA leader General George Grivas - Dighenis, "Memoirs of the EOKA Struggle 1955 - 1959" and "The Chronicle of the EOKA Struggle 1955-1959" provide all the relevant information in more detail. The Council for the Historical Memory of the EOKA Struggle 1955 - 1959" and many authors have published quite a few works, covering more particular aspects of the liberation struggle and the lives of EOKA heroes. This book records the development of events during the Struggle and offers a general view, without detailed descriptions. To what degree this aim has been achieved it is up to the reader to judge. (Preface by Andreas Varnavas) Cyprus endured continuous subjugation for almost eight centuries (1191-1960 A.D.), following its conquest by the King of England Richard the Lionheart, who had taken part in the Third Crusade for the liberation of the Holy Land. The Knight Templars, the Lusignans, the Venetians, the Turks and the English were the ruling powers that oppressed its people and exploited its wealth. Despite the difficult situations under which the subjugated Cypriot people found themselves, they maintained an unshakeable faith in their Greek origin and resisted in many ways any attempt to change their Greek way of life. The Greek poet Costes Palamas summed up Cyprus' Grecian soul in his celebrated verse, "Many a master you have changed, but your never had a change of heart." Education and the Church played a very important part in the historical course of the Cypriot people. In all the long years of enslavement, the burning desire for freedom had never been extinguished in the soul of the Cypriot people. But the overwhelming power of the occupiers would not allow its fulfillment. The take-over of Cyprus by the British, who succeeded the Turks (1878), rekindled the hopes of the Cypriots for emancipation and Enosis - union of the island with Greece. A few years earlier (1864), the British Government had ceded the Ionian Islands to Greece, which has since been part of the Greek territory. For 77 years the Cypriots had sought their liberation from the English yoke and the union of Cyprus with Greece by peaceful means, but to no avail. Disillusionment followed disillusionment. So, in 1955 they embarked on an armed struggle to claim what was rightfully theirs. Recorded in the pages that follow are the main events that led to the preparation and the waging of this struggle, which shook the world with the sacrifices, holocausts and executions by hanging of the brave young men of EOKA. (From the Introduction)
Dr. Stavros Panteli Topline Publishing, England, 2005, ISBN: 0948853328, pp.352, p/b, CY£7.35 In recent times Cyprus has once again taken a prominent place
in 'world news' as fresh attempts are made to bring about thy reunification of
the island and, with it, a reconciliation between the Greek and Turkish
inhabitants of the island. It is therefore a timely moment for such a
distinguished history of Cyprus to appear. A repeated theme of Dr Panteli's
treatment - that before the aberration of 'modernity' peaceful co-existence
between Cypriot communities was often the prevailing norm ~ is as opposite today
as when his earlier works made their first appearance.
William Mallinson I.B.Tauris, London-New York, 2005, ISBN: 1850435804, pp.256, h/b, d/j, CY£18.50 The island of Cyprus has a troubled history. National
interests and rivalries of Greece and Turkey collide as the population remains
divided between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. Since the British
acquired the island, in 1878, its strategic importance for external powers has
been a constant complicating factor as Cypriots try to shape its own destiny.
Entry into the European Union, in May 2004, has sharpened these problems and is
of vital importance in global politics and international relations. William Mallinson teaches at the Ionian University and is also Professor of Diplomatic History and head of the International Relations Department at the New York College in Athens. He is a former diplomat and the author of "Public Lies and Private Truths"
Claire Palley Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, Oregon, 2005, ISBN: 184113578X, pp. 395, h/b, d/j, CY£23.65 This book is a case study in international relations and contemporary history, as seen from the standpoint of a constitutional, international and human rights lawyer involved in 25 years of negotiations to agree on a federation reuniting the divided Island of Cyprus. Based for the most part on personal knowledge, the writer describes recent international attempts to settle the long-standing disputes over Cyprus and provides a warning to those who invoke UN “good offices’ machinery of risks they run. In explaining the UN Secretariat’s activities, the roles played by major Powers are emphasised, together with consequential local perceptions which ultimately led to failure of the international effort. Analysis of what went wrong in that effort’s later phases indicates procedural and substantive approaches needed for any renewed negotiations to achieve success. Subsequent developments until the end of 2004, including the EU’s agreement to open accession negotiations with Turkey and potential positive measures, are also outlined, as are the issues which all parties should now properly consider. Accompanying the text, which concentrates on the 2002-2004 period, is an extensive photographic record since 1954 of “the Cyprus problem” and of previous and recent attempts at negotiation. The illustrations, sometimes light-heartedly captioned, put events in context and illuminate the attitudes of significant actors in a manner no written text (other than one by a novelist) can do. The writer, both in text and photographs, frankly avows the prejudices and selectivity inevitable in any account of controversial and divisive events. But the resulting alternative narrative should facilitate a deeper understanding of the Cyprus situation than that currently afforded by the received picture, which has been presented by the UN Secretariat and certain major Powers. Such deeper understanding could assist in achieving a positive resolution of the conflict-ridden relationships in, around and about Cyprus. Claire Palley, OBE, BA, LLB (Cape), PhD (Lond), MA (Oxon), LLD (Hon Belfast) is former UK representative to the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1988-1998) and former Constitutional Consultant to the President of Cyprus (1980-2004).
G.S.Georgallides Cyprus Research Centre, Nicosia, 1979, ISBN: 9963080863, pp.471, h/b, d/j, CY£11.50 This volume traces the political and
administrative developments in Cyprus following the end of the First World War.
In the aftermath of the Western allies' wartime enunciation of the principle of
self-determination of subject nationalities and of Britain's recent offer of
Cyprus to Greece, the Greek Cypriots conducted a prolonged campaign to ensure
that the peace settlements would include the island's union with Greece. The
failure of the two Cyprus Deputations to London forced the Cypriots to adopt new
tactics in their long-standing expression of dissatisfaction with the British
administration, The resulting crisis in Anglo-Cypriot relations ended with the
defeat of the first serious Cypriot policy of lawful opposition against Britain.
The present study follows the successive stages of Cypriot and official policies
and the continuing divergence between Greek demands and British imperial
interests.
Yiannis Papadakis I.B.Tauris, London-New York, 2005, ISBN: 185043428X, pp.257, h/b, d/j, CY£15.00 In the space of a generation, Cyprus - the island of Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and love - has experienced an anti-colonial struggle, post-colonial chaos, internecine fighting and hatred, civil war, invasion, population displacements and physical partition. The narrative of Cyprus' recent history has created numerous attitudes and prejudices which run deep but which have never before been explored on a human level. Now for the first time Yiannis Papadakis, firmly planted in the Greek Cypriot world, sets out to discover 'The Other' - the much maligned Turks. Papadakis decided with some trepidation to travel to Constantinople (to his Greek worldview it was still Constantinople) to learn Turkish. There he discovered that actually it is Istanbul, and that Turkey is not the place of his once imagined demonology. Armed with new insights he returned to Cyprus and delved into the two communities, locked in their mutually contemptuous embrace, to explore their common humanity and to understand what divided them. He focused on Nicosia where the people who used to live together in one neighbourhood found themselves separated by a 'Dead Zone', two armies and a UN force. His was a journey to the various sides of the Dead Zone and to the various zones of the dead, the realms of memory and history. This book is the moving, sometimes humorous and always fascinating account of that journey. Yiannis Papadakis is Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology al the University of Cyprus. He gained his PhD in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University where he became a research fellow at Churchill College. He has conducted fieldwork in Turkey, in both sides of Cyprus and in Pyla/Pile - a mixed village inside the 'Dead Zone’. His articles on ethnic conflict, nationalism and memory have been widely published.
Nathalie Tocci Ashgate, 2004, ISBN: 0754643107, pp.205, h/b, CY£45.15 Since 1993, the European Commission, ED member states and the
Republic of Cyprus have raised the expectation that the prospect of Cyprus' EU
membership would act as a catalyst for a settlement of the island's conflict.
Yet the divisions between the positions of the principal parties widened and the
1990s witnessed an escalation of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Thereafter, despite the re-launch of the peace process in 2002-2004, the divided
island joined the EU on 1 May 2004.
Robert S. Merrillees Moufflon Publications Ltd, Nicosia. 2005, ISBN: 9963642195, pp.32, 12 black & white figures, p/b, CY£5.25 (Also edition in Greek) In the courtyard of a house in Nicosia, the door of which happened to be ajar, I saw remains of altars, tombstones, busts, statues, etc., scattered about in confusion, with boxes, probably containing antiquities, still unpacked. All this is the nucleus of the long talked of local Cyprus museum. (Basil Stewart, My Experiences of Cyprus, 1908) This monograph traces the genesis at the end of the nineteenth century of the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia. The author describes its establishment in premises in Victoria Street as 'the transformation of an embryonic idea into a concrete reality' and pieces together the history of its early years from a wide range of sources, from government documents to Rider Haggard. ROBERT s. MERRILLEES was Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI) in Nicosia from 1999 to 2003. His publications include Nicosia before Nicosia (Leventis Foundation, 1992) and The Tano Family: Gifts from the Nile to Cyprus (Moufflon Publications, 2003). A number of his papers have been collected in an honorary volume entitled On Opium, Pots, People and Places (Paul Astroms Forlag, 2003).
Elenitsa Seraphim – Loizou (Translated from the Greek by John Vickers) Epiphaniou Publications, ISBN: 9963576761, pp.359, p/b, CY£10.50 The author, Elenitsa Seraphim-Loizou unfolds her story in a straightforward and direct manner. She recounts with great candour her experiences during the Cyprus Struggle of Liberation and especially her role as an Area Commander in the district of Larnaca from where she comes. The author rose quickly, passionate and determined, within the ranks of E.O.K.A. and became its first woman Area Commander. She was, moreover, the only woman permitted to "go into hiding if necessary". Elenitsa Seraphim-Loizou's narrative discloses another aspect of the glorious Struggle, the aspect of detail which is so important in clandestine operations and which vindicates Mid reveals the merit of so many unknown or little-known fighters who formed the basis of all the action. This book ensures that one does not forget the ordinary people, the schoolboys and schoolgirls, the women workers, as well as the little housewives and other marginal fighters who risked everything including their lives beside the well known heroes of the Struggle. In fact, it is on the evidence of the sacrifice of all these people that one can judge the popular and solid foundation of the Struggle. It is to be hoped that a special publication will deal with this subject over the whole of Cyprus. I am convinced that these reminiscences have notable literary value. They are a welcome contribution to the unfortunately sparse literature on the Struggle of Liberation. (A Note by Costas Montis)
Selected and edited by: Reed Coughlan Greece and Cyprus Research Center, 2004, Volume XI of the series “Sources for the History of Cyprus”, edited by Paul W. Wallace and Andreas G. Orphanides, ISBN: 1931226113, pp. 252, large format, p/b, CY£33.10 The organization of the documents in this volume into
chapters reflects five phases of the Enosis agitation. Uncertainty and
ambivalence on the part of the British administration marked the first phase.
High Commissioner Sendall's plea for guidance in 1893 exemplifies the lack of
clarity. It is remarkable that as early as 1902 (CO 67/132) the High
Commissioner warned his superiors in London that the plea for union with Greece
was accompanied by threats of violence. The assertion made by Haynes-Smith in
1902, namely that the movement for Enosis was motivated and led by foreign
agitators and had no popular support, is one that is frequently repeated over
the following half century.
Sevgul Uludag Bibliopolis Publications University of Mannheim, Germany, 2005, Peleus Series Studies in the Archaeology and History of Greece and Cyprus, Volume 31, ISBN: 393392572X, pp. 124, p/b, CY£ Sevgul Uludag is correspondent of the Turkish Cypriot daily paper “Yeniduzen” and has written articles for several Turkish Cypriot magazines and newspapers. The editor of the Greek Cypriot daily paper "Alithia", Alecos Constantinides, provided her with a weekly column in the Sunday edition in the spring of 2004. Since then Greek Cypriots, too. have been able to read her "untold stories", they have been put together in this volume. "I am grateful to Alecos Constantinides for opening the pages of ALITHIA for me, for translating my articles because he gave me a chance to share my views with Greek Cypriots. This was what I wanted: to speak to Greek Cypriots in their own language and try to create 'meaning' out of the absurdity we've all been living through", said Sevglil Uludag. This volume is a collection of various articles dealing with stories from both sides of divided island which cannot be found in any history book.
Church and State in Cyprus Education Panayiotis K. Persianis Nicosia, Cyprus, 1978, pp.235, p/b, CY£18.90 The aim of this book is to present the great contribution of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus to Cyprus education during the British administration. This contribution is analysed and discussed in the context of the grave political problem that tormented Cyprus throughout the British administration as a result of the national aspirations of the Church and refusal of the British Government to allow these aspirations to be fulfilled. In the pages of the book one can trace and understand the roots and the initial stage of many of the problems Cyprus is facing today. The Political and Economical Factors as the Main Determinants of Educational Policy in Independent Cyprus (1960-1970) Panayiotis K. Persianis Paedagogical Institute of Cyprus, Dissertation Series 1, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1981, pp. 244, p/b, CY£18.90 Although a study of education of Cyprus during the first decade of her life as an Independent State (1960-1970) it acquires wider interest because it analyses very lucidly some very interesting aspects of the process of policy-making education. Moreover this book gives an insight into the Cyprus tragedy that has befallen Cyprus in 1974.
Kate Phylaktis Macmillan Press, London, 1995, ISBN: 0333572610, pp. 165, h/b, d/j, CY£ The book is a rigorous study of the development of the banking system in a small economy. It presents the history of the banking system in Cyprus from the time the first bank was founded (in the island in I 864 and discusses the transformation of the savings banks into commercial banks. It examines the impressive expansion of the local banks in post-independent Cyprus, and the role of the Central Bank of Cyprus in the shaping of the financial system. Emphasis is also given to the development of the co-operative movement, and to its success in the provision of financing facilities to farmers. The book unravels the setbacks the movement suffered from the Turkish invasion and the internal managerial malpractice that followed during the 1970s. Finally, the book examines the potential of the offshore banking sector, and the likely effects of financial deregulation and adoption of the EC Banking Directives on the future development of the banking system.
George Christou Palgrave, New York, 2004, ISBN: 1403916322, pp. 228, h/b, d/j The European Union and Enlargement is about the EU's 'power of attraction' - an exploration of the potential for EU impact on conflicts within Europe - and the imputations for the EU to influence the 'order' beyond its borders. It investigates how the EU can influence conflicts through enlargement and the accession process, using conditionality and the 'carrot' and 'stick' approach for ensuring potential candidates fulfil strict conditions reflective of core European norms and values. The case study of Cyprus provides the empirical focus for the book, which combines a historical analysis for understanding the origins of the Cyprus issue and the involvement of the United Nations, with a contemporary investigation of the impact of the EU accession process on the key actors involved in resolving the dispute; the Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots and Turkey. The book assesses the perception of the EU as 'one of the most successful models of conflict resolution the world has ever known.' George Christou is Research Associate in the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is currently working on an ESRC funded project investigating the European regulation of Internet Commerce. He was previously a lecturer in European Politics at the University of Manchester and has published work in the fields of European foreign policy, enlargement and foreign economic policy.
Neil Briscoe Palgrave, New York, 2003, ISBN: 1403914990, pp. 294, h/b, d/j This book offers the first comprehensive analysis, over two formative decades, of Britain's complex relationship with UN peacekeeping - the use of international unarmed or lightly armed soldiers to perform a range of functions aimed at stabilizing or defusing a conflict. It charts the evolution of British views on an international organization running its own military forces and policymakers' determination that peacekeeping's character, uses, and management should remain compatible with UK national interests. It analyses their efforts to influence, contain and exploit individual operations: in Palestine, Kashmir, Egypt (following the Suez Crisis), Lebanon, The Congo and Cyprus. Benefits to Britain included shedding colonial responsibilities, containing conflicts, face-saving, and burden-sharing; perceived risks included interference in remaining colonies and threats to post-colonial interests. Also covered are several instances when British Governments preferred unilateral intervention: Jordan (1958), Kuwait (1961) and East Africa (1964). The account also addresses some issues of contemporary relevance, including the tension between neutrality and impartiality, the (in) dispensability of the parties' consent to a UN operation, and the use of force.
Adrian Guelke, ed. Palgrave, New York, 2004, ISBN: 1403912475, pp.254, h/b, d/j Democracy and Ethnic Conflict aims to make a contribution to the literature in three of the most rapidly growing areas of political study and analysis: ethnic conflict, peace processes and democratisation. There is great interest in the process of transition to democracy, as well as a growing interest in the field of the consolidation of democracy. The focus on consolidation reflects a recognition that while multiparty elections almost invariably play a role in the ending of conflicts, establishing enduring democratic institutions presents an altogether bigger challenge. Similarly, there is an interest in peace processes that is likely to become even more intense as the link between failed peace processes and international terrorism becomes more apparent. Ethnic conflict, with its emergence as a significant source of global political instability, has been at the centre of the disciplines of Politics and International Relations since the end of the Cold War.
David Hannay I.B. Tauris, London – New York, 2005, ISBN: 1850436657, pp. 256, h/b, d/j THE CYPRUS PROBLEM has defeated all attempts to resolve it for more than forty years. From 1996 onwards the UN, with strong support from the US, the UK and other EU members, mounted the most sustained of all the efforts to reach an agreement, so that a re-united Cyprus could join the EU in May 2004. Although it came closer to success than any previous attempt, this one failed too. From his unique position as the former British Special Representative for Cyprus, David Hannay examines the underlying difficulty of finding a basis which both sides could accept; and the complex inter-relationships between these negotiations and the applications to join the European Union of both Cyprus and Turkey. Hannay concludes that the Cyprus problem, for all its complexity and intractability, is not insoluble; and that Turkey's attempts at European Union membership by definition requires a Cyprus solution. This is the story of a very modern, multi-dimensional negotiation which came close to success but in the end, as so many previous Cyprus negotiations had done, failed. In the process of telling, Lord Hannay has produced a revealing, first-hand account of a profoundly complex situation which is an exceptional reference tool for all those interested in the modern history of the region.
Andreas Theophanous Intercollege Press, Nicosia, 2004, ISBN: 9963-634-23-0, pp.218, p/b, CY£13.65 Indeed, the Cyprus problem does not concern only the Cypriote. It is also a European and an international problem. Whether and how it will be resolved will inevitably have repercussions beyond the territorial boundaries of this island-state... Undoubtedly, the Annan Plan was the result of the most intensive and concerted international efforts after 1974 to resolve the Cyprus problem. The architects of the Plan - Britain, US and the UN Secretariat - knew that their Plan had several weaknesses. But for them the most important objective was to have it approved. This, they assumed, would have ended the stalemate in Cyprus and any problems that could emerge would be manageable and contained. Above all, much broader objectives would have been served... At the end of the day if Turkey is serious about its own democratization and European orientation it must let Cyprus go. Turkey cannot be free and democratic and at the same time have expansionist designs on Cyprus (and on other countries)... The Cyprus question constitutes a major challenge for the EU. And the promise is to achieve an arrangement which would not only safeguard and promote EU ideals and interests but would also act as a model of peaceful coexistence and creativity between Greek-Cypriot Christians and Turkish-Cypriot Moslems. In an age when the objective of promoting intercultural cooperation is very high on the international agenda such an outcome in Cyprus would be a worthwhile step in the right direction...
A series of interviews with various illustrious Cypriots who have hogged much of the local limelight in the past few decades - mainly politicians, past presidents, bishops, writers – gives not only a fascinating glimpse into their old photo albums and down their individual memory lanes, but also dishes out a good slice of Cyprus history from the 1950s to the present. In Greek.
This book is the result of an 11-month research project made possible through EU funds and its Civil Society Programme in Cyprus. It is about the lives of women in the two main Cypriot communities as well as the smaller three, a document of their voices and experiences, and their contributions in the past years to the making of civil society. It is a pioneering undertaking and the first specific in-depth scientific study carried out in all the communities of Cyprus
Cynthia Cockburn Zed Books, London, 2004, pp.244, H/B ISBN 1 84277 420 4 £49.00 ,P/B ISBN 1 84277 421 2 £15 As Cyprus prepares to join the European Union in 2004, the pressure is on to resolve the long-standing partition between the internationally accepted Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus and the still unrecognised Turkish Cypriot Republic of North Cyprus. Cypriot women on both sides of the Green Line have been involved in a remarkable bi-communal initiative, largely using the Internet, aimed at overcoming both communal segregation and the subordinate position of women. Their activities, as documented and contextualised in this book, add, for the first time, a gender dimension into our understanding of the split between the two communities. Cynthia Cockburn shows the effects of the Green Line on the lives and imaginations of those separated by it. She explores the parallels between gender hierarchy and political power relations. And her powerful photographs help bring to life the courage and initiative of the women involved. 'Cynthia Cockburn writes with clarity and passion about a remarkable movement. Out of a history of violence and hatred come imaginative moves for reconciliation, and new ideas about equality and identity. This is a vivid and thoughtful book, relevant to men as well as women, and useful to all concerned about ethnic division and political violence anywhere in the world.' - R.W.Connell, author of Gender, and Professor of Education, University of Sydney. ''This is it! In this terrific book Cynthia Cockburn has shown us all how to take an allegedly "ancient" inter-ethnic, internationalized conflict and reveal instead the very particular ways in which the politics of masculinity and femininity have been wielded to entrench that conflict. She does this by taking seriously the hard work of thinking and action done by Cypriot feminists. I can't wait to use The Line in classes. It's pathbreaking.' - Cynthia Enloe, author of Maneuvers: the International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives.
Andreas
P. Kyriacou Intercollege
Press, Nicosia, 2003, ISBN: 9963-634-09-5, pp.209, p/b, CY£ This
book discusses what a viable solution to the Cyprus Problem may consist of and
does so through a political economy perspective. The approach is economic in
that it employs the tools of analysis of that discipline and it is political in
that the object of analysis are those constitutions-institutions or arrangements
proposed for the peaceful coexistence of the citizens of a reunified island.
Gustaf Welin Christer Ekelund Hurst & Company, London, 2004, pp.274, Hbk : 1850657297, maps, b/w illus., CY£33 One of the most important missions of the United Nations is to maintain peace in the world. The peace-keeping operations of the UN are thus of great importance, as was exemplified when the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the UN peace-keeping forces. Over the years Sweden has played an important part in those operations, in which more than 80,000 Swedes have participated. The experience gained is of great significance, and the UN Secretary-General has stressed the importance of analyses and assessments of the results by the participating countries. To date, three books dealing with Swedish UN operations have been published. These are The Sinai Peace Front by Colonel Bertil Stjernfelt about UNEF II (1987), and two books by Lieutenant-General Nils Sköld, In the service of Peace (1990) about UNEF I and With the UN in Congo about ONUC (1994). This, the fourth book, covers the Swedish UN commitment in Cyprus, UNFICYP. This commitment, between 1964 and 1993 was the largest of its kind – about 28,000 Swedes have served the UN in the island. This book has been written to recapture what happened, to analyse the experiences, and to draw some conclusions. Conditions in Cyprus varied greatly during the Swedish participation in the operations. The years 1964–76 were characterized by a sometimes very high level of tension, in particular during the summer of 1964, the autumn of 1967 and the summer of 1974. In contrast, the years 1977–93 were quiet. The period of 1964–76 has thus been given the greatest coverage. Like its predecessors in the series, this book amply illustrates the operations with pictures and maps. Gustaf Welin served as a company commander with UNFICYP in 1967–8, and Assistant Secretary- General of the UN and force commander of UNDOF on the Golan Heights in 1986–8. Christer Ekelund served as a platoon commander with the first contingent of UNEF I in 1956–7 and as second-in-command of a battalion with UNFICYP in 1974–5
Nicolas D. Macris, Ed. Bibliopolis, 2003, pp.216, 3 maps, 8, hardcover ISBN 3-933925-53-3, CY£17.00 “The 1960 Treaties on This publication seeks to be a reference work on the
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Andrew
Sardanis I.B.Taurus, London-New York, 2003, ISBN: 1-86064-926-2, h/b, d/j, pp.340, CY£28 Africa is a lost cause'. This is a despairing view widely held by many in the West, in much of the world and even in Africa. Many people in the old European colonial powers - and not only the dwindling band of old Africa hands who served in the colonies or had life-long connections in business or agriculture agree - but even the many sympathisers with African aspirations are in despair, lamenting maladministration, corruptiuon, civil and inter-state wars, poverty, famine and the seemingly unstoppable march of AIDS. And all in a huge and magnificent continent teeming with vast potential wealth and with a population of enduring attraction and ability. Some blame colonialism in disrupting a natural order of African development but Western contact has accelerated the transition from the old Africa to the new. This is the other side of the coin and perhaps hope is beginning to dawn and even in the West Africa's plight is recognised as of vital importance in an age of globalisation - a scar on mankind. An African renaissance' may far-fetched but there is perhaps light at the end of a long and dark tunnel. This is the backdrop against which Andrew Sardanis's fascinating life is set. It begins in journalism in Cyprus - on the receiving end of British colonialism - and moves to Northern Rhodesia where he played a leading rolas an international businessman on his own acccount and in multinational corporations, and in the politics of independence leading to the new nation of Zambia. He was at the heart of Zambia's political and business development and always a sympathetic but objective and critical observer and adviser, in government, in business, and a close but objective friend of leaders including Kenneth Kaunda. This is the story of the twilight of colonialism and birth and development of a major new African nation seen from a unique standpoint from a subject' of a colony and from a leading role in independence and laced with the bucaneering of big business.
Akis
Petris Το
Κυπριακό Άλογο
– Η Δημιουργία
Ενός
Καθαρόαιμου
Άλογου Nicosia,
2003, ISBN: 9963-8828-0-3, H/B, large format, pp.421, CY£40.00 Passionate about his subject, Akis Petris traces the history of the horse and horse rearing on the island from 2000BC to the present day, and explains in remarkable detail the process through which the local horse was developed and upgraded to a thoroughbred in the last century. There is also a stud book and a profile of the 13 most important horse-rearing families in Cyprus, while the author also takes a close look at the world of the horse races, past, present and future.
Michael
Radford The
Laiki Group Cultural Centre, Nicosia 2003, ISBN 9963-42-216-6, pp.430, h/b,
large format, numerous illustrations and black & white photographs, CY£42 This definitive account of the history of the Cyprus Government railway illuminates a rather obscure chapter in the history of overland communications and transport in Cyprus, from its official opening to the Cypriot public in October 1915 until its demise in December 1951, due to financial constraints. For half a century, it had contributed not only to the economy of the island with the movement of goods, but also its social development, linking urban centres with remote areas. A unique photographic archive accompanies the text.
Right Honourable Robin, Cook, MP (Foreword), Pauline Green, Ray Collins I.B.Tauris, 2003, ISBN 1860648401, h/b, d/j, pp.192, CY£18.00 When Archbishop Makarios was toppled as President of Cyprus in a 1974 coup, and Turkish forces invaded the island, few saw Cyprus as part of the incipient drive to create a new Europe. Yet, as Pauline Green reveals here, behind the rhetoric of the politicians there is a growing view among Greek and Turkish Cypriots that the solution to Cyprus' problems lies within the gift of Europe. And yet the problems remain knotty - not least because of the highly sensitive and little-discussed role of the British military bases on the island, whose security and intelligence-gathering functions are so crucial to UK and US interests in the region. The author's analysis should interest those concerned not only with the future of Cyprus, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean, but also with the fate of the European Union itself.
Edited
by Rita C. Severis Ashgate, London, 2002, two volumes, pp.1220, h/b, d/j, £60 Lorenzo Warriner Pease was sent as an American missionary to Cyprus, arriving there on 25 November 1834; he died in August 1839. His 11 manuscript diaries, now preserved in the Union Theological Seminary in New York, cover his journey to Cyprus, his time and travels there and his extended visits to Syria, the Lebanon, Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece. Rita Severis’ edition of these diaries, with introduction and notes, now makes this unique source available and is richly illustrated with engravings and pictures of the period.
Bibliopolis, Manheim und Mohnesee, 2003, ISBN 3-933925-35-5, h/b, pp.226,
CY£20.00 Out-of-print: Cyprus - Nationalism
and International Politics by Michael A.Attalides
Evanthis
Hatzivassiliou The
Cyprus Question, 1878-1960: The Constitutional Aspect is an overview of Cypriot
constitutional history during British rule. International considerations, such
as British attempts to retain strategic and political control over the Evanthis
Hatzivassiliou is a lecturer on a contemporary history at the
Alan
James Palgrave, New York, 2002, H/b, d/j, pp.241, £30
Evanthis Hatzivassiliou University of Minnesota, Minnesota, 1997, pp.212, p/b, £14 [sole distributor] This
timely and informative study, part of the Minnesota Mediterranean and East
European Monographs series, deals with British policy on the issue of the future
status of Cyprus during the 1955-59 revolt, arguing that the main priority of
the British was the preservation of their influence in the Middle East. In
discussing the shaping of British policy, Hatzivassiliou also covers US, Greek
and Turkish policy in one of the most interesting international questions of the
postwar era.
Diana
Weston Markides University of Minnesota, Minnesota, 2001, pp.238, p/b, £22 [sole distributor] This
title from the Minnesota Mediterranean and East European Monographs series
examines the issue of separate municipalities, a microcosm of the Cyprus
problem, during the process of decolonisation. Markides argues that the failure
to resolve the municipal issue contained the seeds of the unravelling of the
Zurich and London Agreements by which Cyprus gained its precarious independence,
with continued relevance to the problems of Cyprus today. .
John
L. Scherer University of Minnesota, Minnesota, 1997, pp.161, p/b, £14 [sole distributor] This
provocative study of the Cyprus question during the past fifty years discusses
its diplomatic complexities, particularly since 1974, and suggests options for
the government of Cyprus to recover the occupied territory and reunite the
country. Scherer maintains that the division of the island did not result from
strife between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, suggesting instead that Turkey had
planned to control northern Cyprus from as early as the 1950s.
Ioannis
D. Stefanides |
M o u f f l o n B o o k s h o p 
Oysters
with the Missing Pearls
ΓΛΑΥΚΟΣ
ΚΛΗΡΙΔΗΣ
Bodies
of Evidence 
The
origins and evolution of Church-State relations in Cyprus with special reference
to the modern era
War
and Cultural Heritage
EU
Accession and UN Peacemaking in Cyprus 
Nationalism
Amongst the Turks of Cyprus: The First Wave 
The
Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the
Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul 
A Business
of Some Heat 
A History of
the Liberation Struggle of EOKA (1955-1959) 
The
History of Modern Cyprus 
Cyprus
- A Modern History 
An
International Relations Debacle 
A
Political and Administrative History of Cyprus 1918-1926
Echoes
from the Dead Zone
EU
Accession Dynamics and Conflict Resolution 
The
First Cyprus Museum
The
Cyprus Liberation Struggle 1955-1959 
Enosis
and the British British Official Documents 1878 – 1950 
Cyprus:
The Untold Stories
The
Banking System of Cyprus
The
European Union and Enlargement
Britain
and UN Peacekeeping 1948-67
Democracy
and Ethnic Conflict
Cyprus
– The Search for Solution
The
Cyprus Question and the EU
Women
in the Cypriot Communities 
The
Line
The
U.N. in Cyprus
Embracing
Cyprus: The Path to Unity in the New Europe
Keeping
the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963-64
Britain and the International Status of Cyprus, 1955-59
Cyprus 1957-1963: From Colonial Conflict to Constitutional Crisis
Blocking the Sun
Isle of Discord