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The National Security Act of 1947 (Pub.L. 80-253, 61 Stat. 495, enacted July 26, 1947) was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II.
An Act To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments and agencies of the Government ...
AN ACT To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Depart-ment of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force; and for the coordination of the activities of the National Military Establishment with other departments
The National Security Act of 1947 mandated a major reorganization of the foreign policy and military establishments of the U.S. Government. The act created many of the institutions that Presidents found useful when formulating and implementing foreign policy, including the National Security Council (NSC).
National Security Act, U.S. military- and foreign-policy reform legislation, signed into law by Pres. Harry S. Truman in July 1947, which reorganized the structure of the U.S. armed forces following World War II.
The National Security Act of 1947 – July 26, 1947 Public Law 253, 80th Congress; Chapter 343, 1st Session; S. 758. AN ACT To promote the national security by providing for a Secretary of Defense; for a National Military Establishment; for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a
On July 26, 1947, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act with the goal of implementing a program that would provide security for the United States in the decades and even centuries to come.
The National Security Act formally took effect in September 1947. Since that time, the Department of Defense, NSC, Air Force and CIA have grown steadily in terms of size, budgets, and power. The...
The National Security Act of 1947 was passed against the backdrop of a changing security landscape fueled by the aftermath of a world war, the rising threat of international communism, and the emergence of phenomena like new technologies.
The National Security Act (Public Law 80-253, 61 Statute 495) is signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1947, while aboard his VC-54C presidential aircraft Sacred Cow. The act merges the Department of the Army (renamed from the Department of War), the Department of the Navy, and the newly established Department of the Air ...