All wars end, and they do so in one of two ways: Either one side defeats the other, or both sides negotiate a settlement. A negotiated settlement implicitly means that one side (or both) realizes it cannot win, or that any victory would be a pyrrhic victory, and that domestic opposition against the war is […]
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