Communism And Nationalism In Postwar Cyprus, 1945-1955: Politics And Ideologies Under British Rule
by Alexios Alecou /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book analyzes the events that impacted the structure and
competitive processes of the two dominant Cypriot political
factions while under the watchful eye of British rule. Based on
new archival research, Alecou addresses the social and political
environment in which the Cypriot Communists and Nationalists
fought each other while at the same time had to fight the British
Empire. The differences between communists and nationalists
brought the two sides to a frontal collision in the wake of the
events of the Greek civil war. The class conflict within Cypriot
society would at some point inevitably lead, in one way or
another, to a clash between the two factions. The civil war in
Greece constituted another field of conflict between Left and
Right, accelerating the formation of a bipolar party system in
which the vertical division of the Greek community in Cyprus
eventually expressed itself.
This book analyzes the events that impacted the structure and
competitive processes of the two dominant Cypriot political
factions while under the watchful eye of British rule. Based on
new archival research, Alecou addresses the social and political
environment in which the Cypriot Communists and Nationalists
fought each other while at the same time had to fight the British
Empire. The differences between communists and nationalists
brought the two sides to a frontal collision in the wake of the
events of the Greek civil war. The class conflict within Cypriot
society would at some point inevitably lead, in one way or
another, to a clash between the two factions. The civil war in
Greece constituted another field of conflict between Left and
Right, accelerating the formation of a bipolar party system in
which the vertical division of the Greek community in Cyprus
eventually expressed itself.