Innovations in technology radically change military budget allocation from focusing on soldiers development into budget plan that focus on development of weapons and war vehicles.
In the late nineteenth century, industrialized nations able to produce high quality weapons in large quantity due to the industrial revolution. Since those weapons able to eliminate enemies in larger numbers, all countries start to see that focusing their budget for those weapons were far more beneficial.
Sought to solve nations' problems in conquest.
It gets your name out there and people to recognize your name, in the world of politics there is not bad publicity, as long as they know WHO you are, that means that person has your attention.
They were 18 years old. (2004)