Images of children in wartime, like those from Aleppo, can shock the world. But what happens after that isn't so clear.

War happens when words no longer work. Yet war is declared at the very point when words are at their most powerful. Chi Luu examines language loss in war.

John Houston takes a less melodic look at the transformation of the Battle of Waterloo from "fact to myth," from history to literature.

The last time Congress formally declared war was in World War II.

What does war do to domestic American politics?