Concept information
Preferred term
National Security Act
Definition
- Congressional act that reorganized the structure of the U.S. armed forces following World War II. The National Security Act created the office of secretary of defense to oversee the nation's military establishment, as well as separate departments for each branch of the armed forces. It also provided for the coordination of the military with other departments and agencies of the government concerned with national security. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States National Security; National Security Act (1947)]
Belongs to group
Date
- 1947
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/National_Security_Act
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}