The rise of dictatorship caused other nations to feel threatened and become defensive. The fear of being taken over by the totalitarian, power seeking dictators was real and drove armies to grow and the public to support strengthening borders.
I'm guessing the rights of a u.s citizen is less strict than the rights of legal aliens
Any particular siege?
Basically, a siege could have to principals outcomes: either the enemy gave up, being tired and lacking food and other resources, or the sieged place fell, either because they had to give up due to running out of food or by being attached and directly overpowered.
The epic is The Aeneid of Virgil
Depends on what’s ur definition of bad