A 30-year war for energy preeminence? You wouldn’t wish it even on a desperate planet. But that’s where we’re headed and there’s no turning back. From 1618 to 1648, Europe was engulfed in ...

I've been asked to compare my thoughts on the 30 Years War with my thoughts on the Civil War. I think I have to begin with that first sentence--The war solved no problem.

The experience of the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48 CE) doesn’t have much cultural resonance outside of central Europe. Perhaps this is surprising, given that it has the macabre distinction of ...

The Thirty Years' War. Share full article. F.A. WICHELMAN. Jan. 19, 1907; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 19, 1907, Section SATURDAY ...

Soon after the start of the Iraq war in March 2003, a column in this series spoke of the risk of a "thirty-year war" in the Middle East.More than eleven years on - and after thirteen years of the ...