The fitful efforts to find an exit ramp from Russia’s war in Ukraine present a real challenge in statesmanship and diplomacy. We can learn some lessons from history in this area. Contrary to what you might get from some commentators, there are other historical analogies besides the 1938 Munich Agreement, or even besides the Vietnam War (although the fate of South Vietnam after the Paris Peace Accords should be powerfully instructive).
Another war, fought between Russia and the West largely within modern Ukraine, holds lessons of its own: the Crimean War of 1853–56.
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