Youneverknow III

[Dan Goncharoff]

There never was a Department of War?

In 1832 they thought there was:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/60205341

DanG


On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 2:53 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Wilson wrote: <<<Department of War > Department of Defense  > Department of
> Good?>>>
> WB: I once heard Hal Gleason rant that there never was a Department of War
> or a Defense Department: it was a War Department and is a Department of
> Defense.
> War Office > War Department > Department of Defense > *Homeland "R" Us?
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