How Did the National Security System Evolve?

The United States entered World War II with completely separate Army and Navy departments and no structures for their common oversight. Chief of Staff of the Army George Marshall compared the U.S. system—or rather, lack of system—unfavorably to the British secretariat supporting Prime Minister and D...

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1. Verfasser:	Charles P. Ries
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	The United States entered World War II with completely separate Army and Navy departments and no structures for their common oversight. Chief of Staff of the Army George Marshall compared the U.S. system—or rather, lack of system—unfavorably to the British secretariat supporting Prime Minister and Defense Minister Winston Churchill, observing “[O]n our side there is no such animal and we suffer accordingly. The British therefore present a solid front of all officials and committees. We cannot muster such strength.”¹ As the war progressed, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Admiral William Leahy as his personal representative to the Chiefs of