Dont want to wake up a sleepwalker but arms industry and military might are far from being connected. Belgium for example manufactures some of the best assault rifles in the world, I dont think its army amounts to much.
Not really, it’s written by the historians and the revisionists more than the winners. They are the ones who are around and still care long after the winners are dead. Outside of Mongolia you don’t see much admiration for Genghis Khan, and he won a whole lot.
History is written by the literate.