Table of Contents

Strategic prize - Britain's vital military base; the enemy within - the rise of the Enosis campaign; the secret alliance -Eden stokes Turkish violence; military crackdown - Harding gets tough; hamstrung at Suez - Grivas sabotages military preparations; Macmillan's pact - Eisenhower deal frees Makarios; sounding the retreat - NATO allowed to mediate; North Atlantic agenda -Eisenhower rejects the Macmillan plan; pax americana - the settlement secures NATO ties; a sham independence - the unsinkable aircraft-carrier; constitutional collapse - the bloodbath begins; America's secret option - a limited invasion; a crude partition -the British defend Turkish enclaves; the NATO plot - plans to split Cyprus; fallen allies - Grivas risks war; the "red priest" -assassination target; crisis of trust - spying bases at risk; the invisible hand - the Greek colonels oust Makarios; searching questions - Kissinger and Callaghan are cross-examined; warnings of a coup - the CIA knew in advance; Washington stalls - Britain sends a task force; America's veto - Kissinger blocks military deterrent; the Turkish landing - Britain on the brink of war; a creeping invasion - talks at Geneva; the road to war - Kissinger over-rules Callaghan; to the Attila Line - US pressure contains the advances; sabotaged by Congress - the bitter legacy lives on; appendix - interview with Henry Kissinger.