The First U.S. Declaration of War
June 18, 2022
The first U.S. declaration of war was on this day in 1812, against Great Britain. And we have been engaged in wars and military operations all over the world ever since. The greatest battle was fought after the war was over. Oh, the folly of war.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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