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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* This problem frequently plagues the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]], particularly when they're against anti-mutant crusaders.
== [[Film]] ==
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** The Third Age prior to the events of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is a three-thousand year version of this. The Last Alliance defeat Sauron at the end of the Second Age, but Isildur fails to destroy the Ring, which leads to the estrangement of Elves and Men and his untimely death, which itself causes the split of Arnor and Gondor. Arnor ends up fragmenting into smaller states and slowly being gobbled up by Angmar, with the Elves only helping when it is destroyed, while Gondor spends centuries fighting the Easterlings, Haradrim and itself, leaving it a shadow of its former self by the time Sauron rolls round again.
* [[Niccolò Machiavelli|Machiavelli]] points out in ''[[The Prince]]'' that a Prince who was won a war and wants to avoid being perceived as cruel will let the opposition live. This inevitably results in a later war, disorder, and a lot of people dead. So, the paradox is that a Prince who truly wants to win the peace must [[The Purge|quickly crush the opposition]] (but not [[Crushing the Populace|the general populace]]) [[No Kill Like Overkill|even when the war has already been won]], so their subjects cannot see any hope in opposing their new ruler, [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|don’t waste time and effort trying it and truly accept the new peace]].
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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** The Flame Champion didn't do much better. While he brokered a secret peace treaty with the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia, the Harmonians are simply waiting for it to expire, positioning thier agents so that they can act the ''moment'' it expires. He also failed to get them to release the tribes they'd already conquered, leading to Le Buque and [[The Quisling|Franz's]] situation in the main game.
* Each of ''[[A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol]]'''s normal endings, in which the one or more of the Force, Supplies, or Opinion Ratings were too low to get the [[Golden Ending]], result in this. The [[Qurac|Zarakis]] are defeated and the war ended in victory, but (depending on which meter was low) a [[Opening Scroll|Closing Scroll]] will narrate the disastrous effects the war has had on your country.
* ''[[Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy]]'' is a remake of ''[[Ace Combat 2]]'' that ties the game's events more closely into [[Constructed World|Strangereal]]'s timeline. During the debriefing for the final mission, unit commander Ulrich Olsen explains that defeating the Usean Rebellion has led to a state of "armed peace" as the rebelling countries of USEA will seek to expand their military, and that another war looms on the horizon—a [[Call Forward]] to ''[[Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies]]''.
* In the backstory of ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', the Empire managed to drive out the Thalmor from Cyrodiil, but were unable to secure true victory because the Legion was in no condition to continue. The best the Empire could manage was the White-Gold Concordat, an uneasy treaty/cease-fire that banned Talos worship. The Stormcloaks couldn't accept that and started a civil war in Skyrim. No one is under any illusions that the peace with the Thalmor will last either, and there are many hints in the game that the Thalmor are preparing for another war and are working behind the scenes to weaken the Empire. {{spoiler|Even the Stormcloaks' civil war is just another Thalmor scheme against the Empire.}}
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