By escalating a troop presence to 40,000 the British were able to tighten the lid on Greek Cypriot unrest, but not to win the hearts and minds of the people. Turkish Cypriot fear of weakening British resolve led to sectarian violence in 1958. Although Greece had been an ally during the Second World War, Turkey was now a more important strategic partner in NATO and had the ear of Britain and the United States. Turkey demanded the return of Cyprus by Britain or partition.

     At conferences in Zurich in 1958 London in 1959 (codified as the Treaty of Guarantee in 1960), the two Cypriot communities, Britain, Greece and Turkey came to a compromise: Cyprus independence with a Greek president (Makarios), a Turkish vice president (Rauf Denktash), 70:30 Greek-Turkish representation in parliament and government services, and a proscription on union with Greece or any other state. Britain and Turkey and Greece served as guarantors of the settlement, with a small number of troops on the island. Britain also retained two Sovereign Base Areas.

     The political settlement did not last long as EOKA-B still campaigned underground for enosis, and terrorised the Turkish population of the island. Greek attempts to amend the constitution were seen as a threat to Turkish minority rights, and communal violence erupted in 1963. In 1964 Makarios abrogated the Treaty of Guarantees. In 1974 an EOKA coup d'etat declared enosis with the Colonels' regime in Greece. Turkey responded with a large invasion of northern Cyprus to protect the interests of the Turkish minority on the island and its own fear of being surrounded. Partition ensued with a line of demarcation supervised by UN peacekeeping forces.

• British Land Forces in the War
• British Units Serving in Cyprus, 1955-1959, by Martin Spirit and David Carter (Britain's Small Wars)
• Cyprus Truce Force, December 1963-March 1964, by Andrew Thornton (Britain's Small Wars)
• UNFICYP BRITCON Units 1964-present, by Andrew Thornton (Britain's Small Wars)

• A Memorial to British Soldiers Killed in North Cyprus? by David Carter (Britain's Small Wars)

Crawshaw, Nancy. The Cyprus revolt : an account of the struggle for union with Greece. London : Boston : G. Allen & Unwin, 1978. ISBN: 0049400533

Holland, R. F. (Robert F.) Britain and the revolt in Cyprus, 1954-1959. Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0198205384

Varnavas, Andreas. A brief history of the Liberation Struggle of EOKA, 1955-1959. Nicosia : EOKA Liberation Struggle 1955-59 Foundation, 2001. (Foundation on the Liberation Struggle of EOKA 1955-59. Series 1 ; no. 2) ISBN: 9963613527

Serapheim-Loizou, Helenitsa. The Cyprus liberation struggle, 1955-1959 : through the eyes of a woman E.O.K.A. Area Commander. [Nicosia, Cyprus] : Epiphaniou Publications, 2000. ISBN: 9963576761

Grivas, Georgios ; Foley, Charles. The memoirs of General Grivas. London : Longmans, 1964.

Grivas, Georgios ; Foley, Charles. The memoirs of General Grivas. New York : Praeger 1965.

Alastos, Doros. Cyprus guerrilla: Grivas, Makarios and the British. London : Heinemann, 1960.

Byford-Jones, W. Grivas and the story of EOKA. London, R. Hale, 1959.

• General History
  • The Cyprus Conflict: an Educational Web Site
  • The Emergency (US Library of Congress Country Study)
  • Struggle for Independence (US Library of Congress Country Study)
  • Nicosia's Murder Mile, 1952-1959, by Martin Spirit and David Carter (Britain's Small Wars)
  • "Enosis" Campaign in Cyprus 1952-59, by Ralph Zuljan (OnWar.Com)
  • Cyprus (National Army Museum History of the British Army)
  • The United Nations Force in Cyprus since 1964, by David Carter (Britain's Small Wars)
• Chronology
  • Jahreschronik 1950-1979, by Bernd Marek (Chronologische Kriegsgeschichte)
• Research Collections and Guides
  • British Army: Campaign Records, 1945 onwards (TNA Research Guides: Military Records Information 21)
• Web Catalogues