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

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
	Historiography
	Theories
	Sources and methodology
	Notes
1. British Cyprus, 1878–1915: The inconsequential possession
	The last decades as an Ottoman backwater
	The first decades as a British backwater
	The early war years: from a backwater to a pawn
	Conclusion
	Notes
2. Elite loyalties: Enosis, the Greek schism and the war effort
	Reaction to the failed offer of October
1915
	Conclusion
	Notes
3. Middle class loyalties: Military intelligence and the war effort
	Cyprus in allied intelligence operations in the eastern Mediterranean
	Loyalties and disloyalties and the civil-military dispute
	Suspect loyalties
	Towards more restrictions
	Conclusion
	Notes
4. Lower class loyalties: Cypriots at war
	Cypriots serving in the Great War
	Cypriots ‘enlisting’ in the Greco-Turkish war of 1919–22
	Conclusion
	Notes
5. Refugees and settlers: Inclusivity and exclusivity
	Settling refugees and rejecting others during the Great War
	Settling and rejecting refugees from wars emanating from the Great War
	Conclusion
	Notes
6. ‘Remember Heligoland’: Retaining Cyprus against the enosis policy
	The pro-enosis policy: supporters and opponents
	Towards rejecting enosis
	The rejection of enosis in July
1920
	Crosfield and thesecond rejection of enosis in November
1920
	Conclusion
	Notes
7. Colonialism, enosis and democratic deficit, 1921–25
	Reactions to the ‘no’: the blame game and threat of violence
	The democratic deficit
	Conclusion
	Notes
Conclusion
	Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index