Introduction: The Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) remains one of the most complex and devastating conflicts in European history, its origins debated extensively by historians seeking to classify its primary cause as either religious or political. Traditional narratives...

Introduction: From the trenches of the Western Front to the jungles of Vietnam and the geopolitical standoff of the Cold War, the 20th century transformed the United States through a succession of conflicts whose effects reshaped nearly every dimension of American...