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Hostage to History: Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger
Hostage to History Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger Author:Christopher Hitchens An updated survey of the partition of Cyprus. In a compelling study of great-power misconduct, Christopher Hitchens examines the events leading up to the partition of Cyprus and its legacy. He argues that the intervention of four major foreign powers, Turkey, Greece, Britain and the United States, turned a local dispute into a major disaster. In... more » a new afterword, Hitchens reviews the implications of the Republic of Cyprus's applications for European union membership, the escalating regional arms race between Greece and Turkey, and last year's Greek Cypriot protests along the partition border.« less
ISBN-13: 9780374521844 ISBN-10: 0374521840 Pages:192 Edition:Noonday Press ed Rating: