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Hostage to History

Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger

Hostage to History( )
Author: Hitchens, Christopher
ISBN:978-1-85984-189-1
Publication Date:Sep 1997
Publisher:Verso Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.00
Book Description:

In a compelling study of great-power misconduct, Christopher Hitchens examines the events leading up to the partition of Cyprus and its legacy. He argues that the intervention of four major foreign powers, Turkey, Greece, Britain and the United States, turned a local dispute into a major disaster. In a new preface for this 1997 edition, Hitchens reviews the implications of the Republic of Cyprus.s applications for European union membership, the escalating regional arms race between...
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Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: History / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.045 x 9.126 x 0.293 Inches
Book Weight:0.812 Pounds
Author Biography
Hitchens, Christopher (Author)
Christopher Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, England on April 13, 1949. He was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and wrote for numerous other publications throughout his lifetime. He was the author of numerous books including No One Left to Lie To, For the Sake of Argument, Prepared for the Worst, God Is Not Great, Hitch-22: A Memoir, and Arguably. He died due to complication from esophageal cancer on December 15, 2011 at the age of 62.

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