Imperialism first, the war second: the British, an Armenian legion, and deliberations on where to attack the Ottoman empire, November 1914–April 1915

by Andrekos Varnava (Flinders University of South Australia)

Scrutinizing and questioning contentious and failed policy decisions should result in discussing ‘ifs, buts, and maybes’, particularly when there are policy alternatives. This article scrutinizes and questions the British decision to reject Armenian proposals to form a legion of Armenian volunteers in 1914 and 1915, especially since in late 1916 the French, with British approval, established an Armenian legion (until 1919 called the Legion d'Orient); and because the first proposals for a legion were connected to British considerations, also overlooked, to land a force at Alexandretta....

Spring 2014 G Volume 26 G Number 1 THE CYPRUS REVIEW

by Nicos Trimikliniotis (University of Nicosia)

Fall 2013 ● Volume 25 ● Number 2 THE CYPRUS REVIEW

by Nicos Trimikliniotis (University of Nicosia)

Between the longue durée and the short purée: Postcolonial archaeologies of Indigenous history in colonial North America

by Stephen Silliman (University of Massachusetts, Boston)

Notas acerca del urbanismo de la colonia Avgvsta Firma Astigi

by Ignacio Rodriguez Temiño (Conjunto Arqueológico de Carmona)

Zonas arqueológicas en ciudades actuales

by Ignacio Rodriguez Temiño (Conjunto Arqueológico de Carmona)

How the Resource and Development Boom is Enabling B.C. Archaeology

by Rich Hutchings (University of British Columbia)

Buddhism and the Maritime Crossings

by Tansen Sen (City University of New York)

The impact of mass media in the discrimination of Hispanic sunken heritage and the implementation of the UNESCO 2001 Convention

by Jesus Calero

Sunken Hispanic heritage has been perceived sometimes just as an amount of gold and treasures. Unfortunatel y this widespread approach has prevented archaeologists to succeed in connecting the Hispanic-related cultural remains and shipwrecks with America’s naval archaeological record. The treasure hunting industry took advantage on this and now we regret the destruction of dozens of sites. UNESCO’s 2001 Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (CUPCH) (henceforth the Convention) is still the only legal and cooperative framework available to avoid Hispanic sunken ships...