Khá thú vị, nhân hôm mưa gió ở nhà làm, đọc bài mới của forbes về ngài 47 định đổi lại tên bộ quốc phòng thành bộ chiến tranh
In a social media poll from March, a majority of Americans favored renaming the Department of Defense to Department of War
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The concept of a War Department wasn't new to the United States.
Similar ministries could be traced back to China in the 7th century and Japan in the 8th century. Yet, the U.S. did take the lead in the West, as the king or other ruler of most of Europe's nations directly controlled military forces.
As kings and lords stopped leading troops into battle, the role of head of the military fell to a chancellor. By the late 18th century and early 19th century, several nations followed America's lead by establishing a Department, or more often a Ministry, of War. France, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, and Saxony were among the nations that had such an office, which also had the issues of command and condition of the respective nation's military forces, and paying for its upkeep.
Hóa ra việc lập Binh bộ, chỉ huy bởi đại tướng (tổng tham mưu trưởng, bộ trưởng), thay vì vua/tổng tư lệnh là từ Trung quốc và trước toàn bộ phương tây 11 thế kỷ. Và Mỹ là nước đi đầu có bộ này ở phương tây.
