Yes, democracy breed nationalism (in a sens of : attachement to the nation) that makes fighting war easier. And mercenaries less relevant. You can find histori

Yes, democracy breed nationalism (in a sens of : attachement to the nation) that makes fighting war easier. And mercenaries less relevant. You can find historians articles that explained how revolutionary France "beat" the royalist coalition in 92 despite being dead broke. Just as an offside remarks: history is not as fixed as wikipedia. You should always question the history you've learned. That's questions like Furet's "is the French revolution the mother of all totalitarism?" that made the field really advance. And to ask this kind of question, subjectivity is good as long as evidence can still convince you. I don't think any furetien academic is still convinced that the French revolution bred all totalitarism, but their responses to more marxist historians (as well as tehier new questions) are invaluable to make the field advance. You really needs diversity of thought in literary fields.