Britain's Cold War in Cyprus and Hong Kong : a conflict of empires / Christopher Sutton.

Author
Sutton, Christopher [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
x, 236 pages ; 22 cm.

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    Britain and the world [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Linking two defining narratives of the twentieth century, Sutton's comparative study of Hong Kong and Cyprus - where two of the empire's most effective communist parties operated - examines how British colonial policy-makers took to cultural and ideological battlegrounds to fight the anti-colonial imperialism of their communist enemies in the Cold War. The structure and intentional nature of the British colonial system grants unprecedented access to British perceptions and strategies, which sought to balance constructive socio-political investments with regressive and self-defeating repression, neither of which Britain could afford in the Cold War conflict of empires.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Origins and the First Cold War, 1917-1945
    • 'A World of Grey Men': the rise of the CCP, 1938-1946
    • Moderate, irreproachable, and organized: the rise of AKEL, 1941-1946
    • British anti-communism: from enemy to ally to enemy
    • The breakdown of allied cooperation and the resumption of the Cold War
    • A failed new deal in Hong Kong: from constitution to repression, 1946-1949
    • A failed new deal in Cyprus: from constitution to repression, 1946-1949
    • British anti-communism: containment through reform
    • The decline of the British world system
    • Hong Kong, the fall of China and 'Pax' Americana, 1949-1952
    • 'Too much or too little repression': the fall of AKEL, 1949-1955
    • British anti-communism: containment through repression
    • Conclusion: Britain, the Empire, and the Cold War.
    ISBN
    • 9783319334905 (hardback)
    • 3319334905 (hardback)
    • 3319334913
    • 9783319334912
    OCLC
    965794886
    International Article Number
    • 9783319334905
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