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Podcast: A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Episode: THE GENERAL STAFF THAT WASN'T
Description: The charter was...to look at preparation of the Navy for the defense of maritime security and the coasts
In the early 1900's the U.S. Navy found itself creating strategy in an ad hoc manner in the midst of modernization and calls for officer corps structure and education reform. In response the Secretary of the Navy initiated efforts which led to the creation of the Naval War College and equally as important the General Board of the Navy. The General Board was essentially the first Navy General Staff in all but name for fear of creeping Prussian militarism.
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