Among the different groups within the revolutionary movement, the Girondists were clearly the most extreme war faction in foreign policy. With Brissot as the leading figure, they almost took a "the more danger, the more honour" approach. Despite their radicalism in domestic politics and le terreur, the Jacobins were far more cautious and wanted to restrict the revolution to French soil.
The war with Prussia and the counter-revolutionary uprisings were probably inevitable, but what could have happened without the war declarations on the Netherlands, Britain and Spain? Could the constitutional monarchy or possibly even a Republic (with the proposed Jacobin constitution, which was never put into practice in OTL) have survived longer? Without the war, military figures like Napoleon also wouldn't have a platform for a political career.
Would the Jacobins have been less radical? It could, on the other hand, also mean: no Carnot = no levée en masse = a quicker end of the revolution.
The war with Prussia and the counter-revolutionary uprisings were probably inevitable, but what could have happened without the war declarations on the Netherlands, Britain and Spain? Could the constitutional monarchy or possibly even a Republic (with the proposed Jacobin constitution, which was never put into practice in OTL) have survived longer? Without the war, military figures like Napoleon also wouldn't have a platform for a political career.
Would the Jacobins have been less radical? It could, on the other hand, also mean: no Carnot = no levée en masse = a quicker end of the revolution.