A prince's military is a metaphor of his own country. Their country is considered united if it is mostly composed of his own men, yet "if one holds his states based on [auxiliaries and mercenaries], [his state is] neither firm nor safe" and is not united. Machiavelli explains that losing a situation with auxiliaries and mercenaries is the same as "one is undone, and winning, one is their captive". According to Machiavelli, a price should always be prepared for war since war is "the sole art that belongs to him who rules".
Answer: human progress
Explanation:
The post war period was the period between the interval that happened between World War I and World War II. The devastation that occured during World War I coupled with the Great Depression brought about suffering for the Europeans and the Americans.
During this period, disappointment influenced the work of many artists and writers as they were promptiled to question and examine the progress of human beings. This brought about the artists loss of faith in their beliefs and traditional structures. Eventually, the postwar period turned out to be very productive for the American literature.
The US and the Soviet Union
The third opinion is the correct one
