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Britain's central role in the search for an international peacekeeping force for Cyprus, 1963-1964

Ker-Lindsay, James (1999) Britain's central role in the search for an international peacekeeping force for Cyprus, 1963-1964. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 23 (Autumn). pp. 222-245. ISSN 0307-0131

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Abstract

The British government, the dominant partner in the Joint Truce Force in Cyprus in 1963-64, tried with US support to create a new NATO-based peacekeeping force, despite consistent opposition from the Greek Cypriots. Britain initially opposed UN involvement in peacekeeping, fearing that this would lead to the loss of the British sovereign bases on the island, and also opposed the creation of a Commonwealth force. Britain eventually accepted the creation of a UN force as a final option allowing the British government to be relieved of the sole burden of peacekeeping in an increasingly hostile environment.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/byz/
Additional Information: © 1999 The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham
Divisions: Hellenic Observatory
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
J Political Science > JZ International relations
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
Date Deposited: 10 Aug 2009 10:46
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 12:25
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/24789

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