The Final Moment of Truth

The final moment of truth comes for our beleaguered and besieged sovereigns, not when all their forces have been wiped out, but when their will to fight on dissolves. The period between the trigger being pulled and the sovereign's will disappearing can take anywhere from several days to several months to many, many years. This contest over the preponderance of force goes on for as long as the sovereign can maintain it. But in other revolutions, this period takes years and years.