Wars without kin-rallying parties are hardest to end

Evidence

After four years the Spanish Civil War came to a definitive end with the victory of the Franco forces. The wars among the religious communities in the Balkans may subside and even halt temporarily but no one is likely to score a decisive victory, and no victory means no end. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 800 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Interested kin-ralliers, not neutral mediators, end fault line wars; Civilizational wars cannot end because no side can win decisively — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 800; Structureless populations make revolutions easy to win but hard to secure (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Civilizational wars cannot end because no side can win decisively #complicates (0.78) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 800