1st Edition

British Cyprus and the Long Great War, 1914-1925 Empire, Loyalties and Democratic Deficit

By Andrekos Varnava Copyright 2019
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    Most of the Cypriot population, especially the lower classes, remained loyal to the British cause during the Great War and the island contributed significantly to the First World War, with men and materials. The British acknowledged this yet failed to institute political and economic reforms once the war ended. The obsession of Greek Cypriot elites with enosis (union with Greece), which only increased after the war, and the British dismissal of increasing the role of Cypriots in government, bringing the Christian and Muslim communities closer, and expanding franchise to all classes and sexes, led to serious problems down the line, not least the development of a democratic deficit. Andrekos Varnava studies the events and the impact of this crucial period.



    List of figures



    List of tables



    Acknowledgements



    List of abbreviations





    Introduction:





    Chapter 1: British Cyprus 1878-1915: The Inconsequential Possession





    Chapter 2: Elite Loyalties: Enosis, the Greek Schism and the War Effort





    Chapter 3: Middle-Class Loyalties: Military Intelligence and the War Effort





    Chapter 4: Lower-Class Loyalties: Cypriots at War





    Chapter 5: Refugees and Settlers: Inclusivity and Exclusivity





    Chapter 6: ‘Remember Heligoland’: Retaining Cyprus against the Enosis Policy





    Chapter 7: Colonialism, Enosis and Democratic Deficit, 1921-25





    Conclusion





    Bibliography



    Index

    Biography

    Andrekos Varnava is an Associate Professor in Imperial History at Flinders University, Adelaide and an Honorary Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester.