How Wars End

Public Radio International - The World recently aired a series called How Wars End that I think is must-listen radio. The trailer reads:

The war in Iraq has now lasted more than five years. "Tell me how this ends," General David Petraeus said famously early on in the conflict. In her five-part series The World's Jeb Sharp is looking at how wars end. They don't end quite the way we imagine they do. And sometimes they don't end at all. She looks to the past for some clues.

The five-part series looks at the American Civil War, World War I, the first Gulf War, and the Bosnian conflict, drawing parallels and lessons for our current situation. You can download the audio or look at the transcript with pictures.