Yet the War of 1812 still struggles for notice ... Jackson’s victory (two weeks after the signing of a peace treaty) also created an enduring myth that the U.S. won the war.

For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812 ... in the inevitable peace talks.

Russia and Ukraine cannot continue fighting forever. Somehow or other, sooner or later, peace will come. Recent events offer ...

The American Civil War is no exception, since there was no convenient peace treaty to lend it a conventional closing date. And how could there have been, since the Lincoln administration consistently ...