There are lots of wars that are viewed positively by history. To quote Bart Simpson "There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolu

There are lots of wars that are viewed positively by history. To quote Bart Simpson "There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II and the Star Wars trilogy". To answer that I think you have to decide who gets to decide if a war "went well". Should some politician, historian, or descendant be allowed to weigh up the death and destruction and come to a simple answer? I think not. If a war destroyed your life then you have a right to be upset about that. The death, abuse, fear and rape of yourself or a loved one is all the qualification you need to have an opinion. Too often the people who decide have little skin in the game. They are the survivors. They are politicians who spent the war sitting in an office. Or someone watching it on Fox News on the sofa. They can talk about the big abstract objectives whilst ignoring the individual suffering. Or they focus on suffering that signals virtue like the experience of veterans. For most people war is something you get caught up in. Like being put in a tumble dryer full of knives. It is not really about looking to history. Millions will die hopeless, pointless deaths. That is the history that matters.