Keeping the Peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963-64 e-bog
875,33 DKK
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During the Cold War the small state of Cyprus was of great strategic importance to the West. Britain, the United States, and Nato all had valuable installations there; and any armed conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots could easily suck two nearby Nato members - Greece and Turkey - into war. When therefore, intercommunal fighting broke out in Cyprus in December 1963, the West was deeply ...
E-bog
875,33 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
28 november 2001
Genrer
1D
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781403900890
During the Cold War the small state of Cyprus was of great strategic importance to the West. Britain, the United States, and Nato all had valuable installations there; and any armed conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots could easily suck two nearby Nato members - Greece and Turkey - into war. When therefore, intercommunal fighting broke out in Cyprus in December 1963, the West was deeply embarrassed. This book examines the consequential efforts of, first Britain, and then the UN, to keep the peace.