Yes, Please Call It the War Department
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The article argues for renaming the US Department of Defense to the War Department, sparking discussion on historical context and the implications of such a name change.
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In it, among all of its tables and charts was a list of cabinets and it stood out to me that when the book was written in 1857 it still was “The Department of War” with Secretaries of War and Secretary of Navy separated - practically the Army and Navy.