How Wars End: Clockwise from top left: Srebrenica,Bosnia (Marco di Lauro/Getty Images); The Trenches of World War I; Looting after the fall of Baghdad; Lincoln's Assassination)

John McCain and Barack Obama disagree about how to deal with the war in Iraq. Obama favors a timeline for bringing home the 144,000 Americans still serving there. McCain doesn't. He wants the situation on the ground to determine the best time to withdraw American troops.

Significantly, neither candidate talks much about ending the war, just about ending the American role in it. Today we begin a series on how wars end. They don't end quite the way we imagine they do. And sometimes they don't end at all. The World's Jeb Sharp looked to the past for some clues.


How Wars End Part I: Introduction

How Wars End Part II: The American Civil War

How Wars End Part III: World War I

How Wars End Part IV: The 1991 Gulf War

How Wars End Part V: Bosnia

Icelandic-Italian singer Emiliana Torrini explains how the title track to her just released CD "Me and Armini" evolved, then performs it for us.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with film director Luis Mandoki about his documentary on Mexico's 2006 presidential election. Mandoki is convinced the election was rigged, and he says his documentary proves it. The film -- called Fraude -- is being released in the U.S. today.

The World's Jeb Sharp has the final installment in our series on How Wars End. Today, she focuses on the war in Bosnia, which ended with a U.S.-led diplomatic breakthrough in 1995.
Identified bodies of 335 victims of Srebrenica massacre: (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

Series page with audio and transcripts

The World's Katy Clark examines how the political winds are blowing in the military community. Recent polls show a majority of voters with military backgrounds support McCain. But some veterans groups question which candidate is really looking out for them.

NATO authorized its troops to take on drug traffickers in Afghanistan. The World's Quil Lawrence tells Marco Werman that's a big change for NATO.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Oil prices have dropped lately, and that's bad news for oil-rich Middle East nations. That's one reason countries in the region are starting to feel the pinch of the global economic crisis. The World's Aaron Schachter reports.

Marco Werman speaks with economics expert Simon Johnson about the critical role of international cooperation in bringing the current financial crisis under control.

Finance ministers from the world's leading economic powers gathered in Washington to coordinate their efforts to calm the markets. The goal is to restore confidence. The World's Matthew Bell reports.