Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- 1 The Centre of a Pre-Copernican Universe A Very Short History of Cyprus -- 2 The Road to Disaster: Makarios and the Junta -- 3 Coup d'état in Nicosia: The First 48 Hours -- The Evacuation of Makarios -- Contingency Plans and Delaying Tactics -- 4 Joint Intervention? -- Kissinger's 'pet idea' - The Clerides Solution -- Downing Street Meeting, 17 July 1974 -- 5 'Promoting a solution which will be in US interests': 18 July 1974 -- 6 Sisco in Athens and Ankara: Kissinger's Failure to Restrain the Turks 19 July 1974 -- Makarios at the Security Council -- NATO's Attitude toward the Crisis -- 7 'A new ballgame': Turkey's First Military Operation -- 8 The First Two 'Ceasefires', 21 and 22 July 1974 The Road to the First Geneva Conference -- The Sinking of the Kocatepe -- Anglo-Turkish Confrontation at Kyrenia, 22-23 July 1974 -- 9 'A net gain for the West': Political Implications of the Turkish Military Operation -- 10 Further Anglo-Turkish Confrontation: 23-26 July 1974 -- Confrontation at Nicosia Airport -- 11 Blockade of Northern Cyprus?: The First Major Anglo-American Rift -- 12 The Danger for Turkish Cypriot Communities -- 13 First Geneva Conference: 25-30 July 1974 -- The Eviction of the UN from Kyrenia - Britain Considers Military Intervention -- The Final Phase at Geneva -- 14 Between the Talks: 1-12 August 1974 -- 15 Second Geneva Conference: 8-13 August 1974 -- The Kissinger Solution - Cantonal Proposal -- 'There is no American reason why the Turks should not have one-third of Cyprus' - Final US Efforts to Save the Conference -- The Final Showdown -- 16 Stopping the Turks?: Final Debates on British/UNFICYP Military Intervention and a Greek Convoy -- 17 War 14-16 August 1974.

Confrontation at Ayios Nikolaos, 15 August 1974 - The Last Possible Anglo-Turkish Showdown or the 'Trigger-Happy' Commander -- Diplomatic Activities -- The Final Day, 16 August 1974 -- 18 Big and Little Lies: Conspiracy Theories Gain Ground -- Anglo-Turkish Collusion or Anglo-Greek Collusion? - The Evacuation of Officers from the British Bases -- 'If these attitudes continue we will wash our hands of the whole thing' - The Death of Roger Davies -- 19 Permitting Racial Separation: Attempts at Post-Crisis Management -- A Present for Secretary Kissinger - Greek-Cypriot Territory as a Bargaining Chip -- 'A hard character with not much charity in his soul' - A Change in Turkish Attitude -- Tyler's Mission to Athens - No Chance for a Solution -- 20 Refugees and War Crimes -- Refugees on the British Bases -- Population Exchange -- Exchange of Prisoners -- Missing Persons - and other War Crimes -- 21 Beyond the Crisis: Cyprus from Cold War to Annan -- Conclusion 'There is no nation of maniacs I don't get involved in': Henry Kissinger's Idiosyncratic Methods of Working -- Annexes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.