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- W2116836596 abstract "Well-written and well-researched, Andrekos Varnava's British Imperialism in Cyprus, 1878–1915: The Inconsequential Possession fills significant gaps regarding Britain's imperial tenure in Cyprus. Whereas the traditional historiography has focused on the political and strategic underpinnings of Britain's interest in Cyprus, Varnava argues that Cyprus never was strategically beneficial to British operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Instead, he asserts that Cyprus embodied an El Dorado for the British, wrapped in orientalist fantasies and temporal conflations with a fanciful past that did nothing for real-world, contemporary imperial needs. Using a variety of political and cultural primary sources, Varnava makes a strong case for his claim that, “Cyprus raises the question of the ability of historians to test the overall theories of imperialism” (p. 3). The primary narrative of the book tells of how Cyprus transforms “from a ‘gem’ to a ‘millstone’” (p. 120) in the British imperial portfolio, from what they hoped would be the central point of operations for their Eastern Mediterranean economic and political interests to an irrelevant boondocks that cost more to manage than its discernable worth. While much of this is due to Britain's conquest of Egypt (including its priceless Suez Canal) and its ability to establish itself in that truly strategic position, Varnava convincingly demonstrates the impact of orientalism on the imperial culture of Britain. Cyprus, Varnava argues, was a strategic necessity for the United Kingdom. In an effort to protect their investments in the Ottoman Empire, the British cemented their 1878 agreement with the Ottomans to take control of Cyprus with the hope that the island would become a gateway for maintaining, and even expanding, their economic and political power. British motives were heavily influenced by the idealized image of a Hellenized Cyprus, the island's Crusader-era history, and a belief that the country could be transformed into a bastion of Western civilization against a decayed, decadent, and dying “Orient.”" @default.
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- W2116836596 title "Andrekos Varnava. British Imperialism in Cyprus, 1878–1915: The Inconsequential Possession." @default.
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