Letters to the Editor
Settembrini
Published Letters: 155
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A wise suggestion
[Read the article: Journalists, McCain and the false Iran/al-Qaida link]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn
Please consider changing the title of this piece to "Journalists, McCain and false Iran/al-Qaida link"
-- Scientician
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The United States Department of War
[Read the article: Journalists, McCain and the false Iran/al-Qaida link]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The United States Department of War, sometimes also called the War Office, was the department of the United States government's executive branch responsible for the operation and maintenance of land (and later air) forces from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it became part of the National Military Establishment, renamed on August 10, 1949 the Department of Defense. The department had responsibility for the young nation's naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798.
The War Department was headed by the Secretary of War, who was also a member of the President's Cabinet.
Upon becoming a part of the National Military Establishment, the War Department was renamed the Department of the Army and became one of the three military departments of the Federal government. At the same time, the Army Air Forces were separated from the Army and became the U.S. Air Force under the newly-formed Department of the Air Force.
Prior to World War II, many countries had a Ministry of War which was responsible for national defense. However, in the aftermath of the carnage of WW II, governments came to the conclusion that the use of the word “war” added, if not assumed, a bellicose attitude towards military preparedness. Thus, the late 1940s and 1950s witnessed the renaming from “War” to “Defense” in most countries around the globe. One vestige of the former nomenclature is War College, where military officers of the United States are still trained in battlefield strategy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War
See Secretary of War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War
Orwell is laughing.