A strong military and a decentralized government
Your answer is C. Twelve. Hope this helps!
In addition of the answer that was stated, also they failed to realize the audacity and ferocity of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler that started a new world war and large scale of exterminations for the dream future and living space. Also they failed to stop him in his genocides and large war crimes committed during the war.
Bierce uses the method to draw out a single moment in the life of the person to a long drawn introspection on life.
Explanation:
The Incident at Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce is one of the great short stories of all time.
It uses the last instant of a life of a solider who is sentenced to death for his introspection on life and his hope of escaping the ordeal.
This is drawn out in suspense by the methodical writing style of the writer who draws out the moment into a story that we start believing that he has actually escaped.
By the time the reality hits us the, he is already dead.
In political theory, or political philosophy, John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that rulers who fail to protect those rights may be removed by the people, by force if necessary.