Why Some Wars Never End: The Stories of the Longest Conflicts in History

Fourteen of history's longest-running military conflicts, from the Greco-Persian Wars to the Sudanese Civil War.

Sometimes the causes of war are so intractable, the opponents so unyielding, and the rivalries so deep-rooted that the combat continues for years, decades, even centuries. And often when it does abate, the resentments still smolder, so that the slightest spark might reignite the conflagration.

An at once captivating and unsettling volume, Why Some Wars Never End shines a spotlig...