Britain’s Cold War in Cyprus and Hong Kong

Christopher Sutton is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia, UK. He has taught on three continents and published articles in Britain and the World and Contemporary British History.

• 1.- Introduction.- 2. SECTION ONE: From Enemy to Ally to Enemy.- 3. Chapter One: A History of Anglo-Soviet Imperial Tensions.- 4. Chapter Two: ‘A World of Grey Men’: The Rise of the CCP, 1938-1946.- 5. Chapter 3: Moderate, Irreproachable, and Organized: The Rise of AKEL, 1941-1946.-  6. Chapter Four: British Anti-Communism: From Enemy to Ally to Enemy.- 7. British Anti-Communism: From Enemy to Ally to Enemy.- 8. SECTION TWO: Containment through Reform.- 9. Chapter Five: The Breakdown of Allied Cooperation and the Resumption of the Cold War.- 10. Chapter Six: A Failed New Deal in Hong Kong: From Constitution to Repression, 1946-1949.- 11. Chapter Seven: A Failed New Deal in Cyprus: From Constitution to Repression, 1946-1949.- 12. Chapter Eight: British Anti-Communism: Containment through Reform.- 13. SECTION THREE: Containment through Repression.- 14. Chapter Nine: The Decline of the British World System.- 15. Chapter Ten: The Fall of China and ‘Pax’ Americana, 1949-1952.- 16. Chapter Eleven: ‘Too Much or Too Little Repression’: The Fall of AKEL, 1949-1955.- 17. Chapter Twelve: British Anti-Communism: Containment through Repression.- 18. CONCLUSION.- 19. Conclusion: Britain, the Empire, and the Cold War.

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