Cyprus has no shortage of histories

Three recent books help explain why consensus on the nature of the Cyprus problem, let alone the solution, remains so difficult. And, perhaps, why dozens of UN diplomats have failed to find a solution that is acceptable to both Greek and Turkish Cypriots in 62 years.

Mustafa Ergun Olgun’s Betrayal, The Other Side of the Cyprus Case, Marilena Varnava’s Cyprus Before 1974, The Prelude to Crisis, and Andreas Theophanous’s What Really Happened in Cyprus approach the Cyprus problem from different...