Budgets and Strategy: The Enduring Legacy of the Revolt of the Admirals.

MILITARY strategy; MILITARY budgets; MILITARY spending; UNITED States armed forces; COLD War, 1945-1991; UNITED States. Navy; UNITED States. Army; WORLD War II; UNITED States. Dept. of Defense

The article presents the author's insights on the military strategy and budgets of the armed forces in the U.S., and mentions the legacy of the Revolt of the Admirals or the Cold War. Topics discussed include the challenges posed by the aftermath of the World War II to the U.S. involving the unification of the U.S. Navy and Army, the responsibility of various government agencies in the development of the defense budgets for congressional approval such as Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the White House, and the military services, and the argument of some scholars about effect of the Cold War.