Cyprus and the First World War

Hubert Faustmann is Professor of History at University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He is the co-author and co-editor of several books, including When the Cemetery Becomes Political: Dealing with the Religious Heritage in Multi-Ethnic Regions (2020) and Education in a Multicultural Cyprus (2017).Georgios Kazamias is Associate Professor of History at University of Cyprus, Cyprus.

• Editors’ IntroductionPart 1 - The Wider Picture1. Cyprus and the Great War of 1914-18 Robert Holland (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, UK)2. Enosis Politics and the British during the First World War Anastasia Yiangou (The Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Cyprus)3. Cyprus in the Context of Greek Territorial Claims in World War I George Th. Mavrogordatos (University of Athens, Greece)Part 2 – Domestic Aspects4. His Majesty’s Not Always So Loyal Subjects: The World War I Dilemmas of Cyprus’ Muslim Turks Altay Nevzat (Independent Scholar, Turkey)5. A New Common Cause? Cypriot Attitudes to the Ottoman Debt Charge during and in the immediate Aftermath of WWI Diana Markides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)6. The Impact of World War I on the Cypriot Home Front: Political Expectations and Manifestations in the Greek-Cypriot Press Andreas Karyos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus)7. The Cyprus Mule Corps in the Macedonian Front Georgios Kazamias (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)8. Convalescent Homes, Prisoners of War and Refugee Camps in Cyprus during the Great War Antigone Heraclidou (CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus)Part 3 – Social and Economic Impact9. Economic and Social Impact of World War I on Cyprus Kyriakos Iakovidis (Neapolis University, Cyprus)10. The Impact of the Great War on the Cypriot Economy Maria Panagiotou (Independent Researcher, Cyprus)Part 4 – Aftermath and Legacy11. Cyprus and the Peace Negotiations in Paris Heinz A. Richter (University of Mannheim, Germany)12. The Impact and Legacy of the First World War on British Colonial Rule in Cyprus Hubert Faustmann (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)Index

[This] book, together with the recent volumes by Varnava, provide the foundations of a historiography of Cyprus and the First World War, leaving it to other scholars to move this theme forward.