Keeping the peace in the Cyprus Crisis of 1963-64 / Alan James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Alan, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

Peacekeeping forces.

History.

Peace.

Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1963--Peace.

Cyprus.

United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Cyprus--History--20th century.

Peacekeeping forces--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Peacekeeping forces--Cyprus--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxi, 241 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

During the Cold War, Cyprus was of great strategic importance to the West. Britain, the US, and NATO all had valuable installations there, and any armed conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots could easily pull two nearby NATO members -- Greece and Turkey -- into war. When intercommunal fighting broke out in Cyprus in December 1963, the West was deeply embarrassed. This book examines the efforts of first Britain, and then the UN, to keep the peace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-234) and index.

ISBN:

0333748573

OCLC:

47098889