{"id":240400,"date":"2025-05-13T22:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/this-is-democracy-ending-wars\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T22:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T22:28:32","slug":"this-is-democracy-ending-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=240400","title":{"rendered":"This is Democracy &#8211; Ending Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/This-is-Democracy-\u2013-Episode-140-Asian-American-History-and-Exclusion-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/This-is-Democracy-\u2013-Episode-140-Asian-American-History-and-Exclusion-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/This-is-Democracy-\u2013-Episode-140-Asian-American-History-and-Exclusion-1-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/This-is-Democracy-\u2013-Episode-140-Asian-American-History-and-Exclusion-1-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/This-is-Democracy-\u2013-Episode-140-Asian-American-History-and-Exclusion-1-640x341.png 640w, https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/This-is-Democracy-\u2013-Episode-140-Asian-American-History-and-Exclusion-1-626x333.png 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>This week, Jeremi and Zachary talk with Michael Vorenberg about the difficulties of ending wars in democracies. Their discussion includes various perspectives on when the Civil War truly ended, the challenges of war termination, Lincoln\u2019s approach toward reconciliation, and the lasting impacts of unresolved conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary sets the scene with the poem \u201cO Captain! My Captain!\u201d by Walt Whitman.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-03-07_this-is-democracy_ending-wars_master.mp3\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Michael Vorenberg is an associate professor of history at Brown University. He is the author of\u00a0<em>Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment<\/em>. This book was used for Steven Spielberg\u2019s blockbuster film,\u00a0<em>Lincoln<\/em>. Vorenberg\u2019s exciting new book is\u00a0<em>Lincoln\u2019s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Jeremi and Zachary talk with Michael Vorenberg about the difficulties of ending wars in democracies. Their discussion includes various perspectives on when the Civil War truly ended, the challenges of war termination, Lincoln\u2019s approach toward reconciliation, and the lasting impacts of unresolved conflicts. Zachary sets the scene with the poem \u201cO Captain! 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