This book addresses the fundamental question of how wars begin and how they end. The various articles are based on military history and political and cultural science, and offer multi-perspective insights into aspects of a changeful transatlantic history from the beginning of World War I to the present.

The analysis of historical developments, and the explanations and possibilities of contextualizing current security challenges in our recent history can provide a valuable orientation in dealing with current security challenges in the understanding of a lesson learned.