Resolving the Cyprus Conflict Negotiating History

http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2511137.html

Resolving the Cyprus Conflict, by Michális Stavrou Michael, was a bit disappointing. I had seen it billed as a remarkable synthesis of the progress of the conflict over the years; in fact it's at its best in examining the detail of the 1980s and 1990s, which however were the least exciting decades of the problem, and otherwise follows the usual Greek Cypriot line of largely ignoring the Turkish Cypriots, and completely ignoring their internal politics, until the turn of the century. The final historical section, dealing with EU accession and the Annan Plan, is more reportage than analysis, which is an opportunity missed.