The army's political power distorted rights protection and market fairness.
Arguably that is so in the paradigm cases of armies and mental asylums.
The fear of standing armies went hand-in-hand with the fear of a corruption of the body politic.
Drafts to replace losses would still leave the armies 100,000 men short in 1918, which would cause the suppression of about six divisions.
Especially horrific were 1796, 1799, 1805, 1809, and 1813-15, for it was then that the biggest armies were present for longest.
What is most striking is the way that states managed to build highly coherent political systems without the use of standing armies.
Others found work as foot soldiers in the private armies of wealthy notables or as independent bandits.
The commerce and theft of the two armies certainly suggests mercenary objectives rather than the close cooperation of allies.
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