The EOKA Period in Cyprus: Understanding the Struggle through New Approaches: Hubert Faustmann: Bloomsbury Academic

The EOKA Period in Cyprus

Understanding the Struggle through New Approaches

The EOKA Period in Cyprus

Understanding the Struggle through New Approaches

Description

In 1955, the Greek Cypriot organisation EOKA started an anti-colonial struggle against the British aiming at the unification of the island with Greece. This book sheds new light on the historical period of the struggle through the examination of various external and internal aspects of the conflict. It explores the role of international actors like the USA, the USSR, Germany, Turkey, Greece and the United Kingdom and grapples with the complex domestic dynamics from a variety of perspectives.

The EOKA Period in Cyprus analyses the role of armed organisations on both sides of the conflict, as well as their respective responses to the developments. By looking at processes such as radicalisation, passive resistance, collective punishment, intercommunal division and disarmament, the volume effectively considers the political, social and military nuances of the struggle, offering new insights from a multidisciplinary perspective in the process.

Introduction
Part 1: Theoretical Approaches to the Study of EOKA's Historical Period
1. Historical and New Theoretical Approaches to the EOKA Struggle Odysseas Christou and Emilios Solomou (both University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
2. The Imposition of Collective Fines, 1955-1956 Andreas Karyos (University of Central Lancashire Cyprus, Cyprus)
3. Radicalising for Supremacy? The polarisation of the political conflict in Cyprus in the 1940s and 1950s Yiannos Katsourides (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
4. MAO TSE TUNG - ELAS - EOKA: Partisan warfare and urban guerrillas Heinz A. Richter (Independent Scholar, Germany)
5. The EOKA Struggle, the Turkish Cypriot Reaction and the Transformation of Intercommunal Relations Yucel Vural (Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus)
Part 2: Established and New Approaches to the Study of EOKA
6. The British Response to EOKA in the House of Commons Achilles Emilianides (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
7. EOKA and Anglo-Greek Relations: The View of Athens Antonis Klapsis (University of Peloponesse, Greece)
8. The View from Abroad: The West German stance on the EOKA struggle Thorsten Kruse (University of Münster, Germany)
Part 3: Internal Aspects and Events of the Struggle
9. Disarmament and the Deniz Incident Hubert Faustmann (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
10. The Death of Kyriakos Matsis, 19th November 1958: An Interdisciplinary Approach Andreas Karyos (University of Central Lancashire Cyprus, Cyprus) and Andreas Marnerides (Larnaca College, Cyprus)
11. EOKA's Campaign of Passive Resistance, Anglophilia and the English School, Nicosia, 1957-1959 Zenon Stavrinides (University of Leeds, UK)
12. The Turkish Cypriot Answer to EOKA: The gradual emergence of the Partition Project Nicholas Stelgias (Panteion University, Greece)
Index

Product details

Published	Jan 22 2026
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	272
ISBN	9781350462625
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations	1 bw illus
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing