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Letters from an American – September 5, 2025 – by Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American September 5, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Sep 05, 2025 Today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War, although the 1947 abandonment of the Department of War name was not simply a matter of substituting a new name for…
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The Last Days of the U.S. Department of War
The Last Days of the U.S. Department of War Introduction For more than 150 years, the Department of War stood at the center of America’s military organization. Established in 1789 alongside the early departments of State and Treasury, it managed the Army, coordinated defense policy, and shaped much of the nation’s military history. But after…
