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O’Malley, B., & Craig, I. 2001. The Cyprus Conspiracy - America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion. I.B. Tauris, London, UK. Rating: JJ About the Authors: Brendan O’Malley is Foreign Editor of the Times Educational Supplement and Ian Craig is Political Editor of the Manchester Evening News. Books by
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Review In the
context of the new Annan plan for the solution of the Cyprus problem,
it is essential to have a better understanding of the true causes
of the division of this small island. The media often portray
the Cyprus Problem as a silly feud between two communities that
have nothing better to do than hate each other. The Cyprus
Conspiracy puts the record straight, and shows how Cyprus
was destroyed not by its own people, but by foreign interference.
They expose the true extent of the island’s betrayal by Britain,
the former colonial power and “guarantor of peace”, and the role
of the USA in this betrayal. Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary
of State, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is revealed as a key influence
in the Turkish invasion of 1974. Kissinger has a lot to answer
for, and is directly responsible for sacrificing Cyprus to the
Turks, in order to secure a NATO presence on the island. The destabilising
influence of the Greek dictatorship of the time is also cited
as a key to the problem, as well as Greek-backed purges against
the Cypriot Communist party, which was very popular amongst the
people. These purges were undertaken by EOKA, formerly a resistance
movement against the British, but transformed by its leader Grivas
into an anti-communist terrorist organisation, with no regard
for civilian life. The USA were more than glad to see the “communist
threat” being “dealt with”, no matter what the cost for civilian
life and the democratic process. As for Britain, it still maintains
permanent military bases in Cyprus to this day, in a bitter reminder
that the island has achieved only nominal independence. After
reading this book, the new UN peace plan for Cyprus will seem
more unfair than ever, since it does nothing to reduce the influence
of the three powers which dismembered Cyprus in the first place:
Britain, Turkey and Greece. |
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