At the forefront of its field, The Broken Olive Branch examines the dynamics of ethnonationalism in Cyprus, a country torn in two by decades-long struggles fueled by ethnic rivalry. Harry Anastasiou s analysis of Cyprus s historic conflict through the lens of conflict analysis and resolution traces the division of Greek and Turkish Cypriots since the country s independence from British rule and mediation in 1960.
In the first of two volumes, Anastasiou offers a detailed portrait of Cyprus s dual nationalisms, identifying the ways in which the ideologies undermined the relations between...