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The opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Defense or any other agency of the Federal Government. ndupress.ndu.edu Letters To the Editor—In JFQ 65, Air Force The unification story, however, is purpose than to gain control of the sea—not historian Phillip S. Meilinger wrote a pro- somewhat peripheral to the main point of as an end in itself, but so that national power vocative and informative article (“Admirals the article—which presents a fairly objective could be exerted against the enemy.2 Run Amok: The Danger of Inter-Service account of the “Revolt of the Admirals” until Rivalry,” 2nd Quarter 2012) about the Navy’s about page 94. Meilinger’s language subtly Denfeld’s final sentence here makes institutional response during the unification and then not-so-subtly changes as he begins a point many miss—the application of efforts of the Truman administration and to make his real argument in the piece—that national power from the sea in all scenarios, airpower advocates after World War II. This Navy resistance to unification reflected to include conventional scenarios. Denfeld hastened a trend that resulted in the bulk of “insubordination” that fundamentally and many of the officers in the Navy were the defense budget going to the new U.S. Air established an environment of inter-Service concerned that the very survival of capa- Force by the end of the Korean War. One is rivalry (“serious blot”) and “distrust” that is bilities essential to the Republic were at always tempted to ask, “Why this topic, why still with us today—despite a lengthy history stake—capabilities unrelated to nuclear this time?” of Defense reforms to fix it (p. 96). Cer- warfare. Moreover, Denfeld threw a strike Andrew Bacevich argues that honest tainly Meilinger is correct in claiming that directly at the new Service’s conception of study of the past should inform the impera- some in the Navy completely bought into its own identity in questioning the reputedly tives of the present—Meilinger’s article fits the unproven concept that the Service was demonstrable efficacy of airpower when the bill.1 But we are still left asking “why practically irrelevant (a bad word in times of armed with the right weapons (nuclear now?” On the face of it, as the last paragraph declining budgets) if it did not have a piece weapons and long-range bombers). Truman of the article makes clear, the occasion of the nuclear strategic bombing mission. bought into these ideas because they offered is the upcoming cutbacks in the Defense He also does an objective and fair job of a savings on defense—he trusted the profes- budget based on economic factors related showing that there were those in the Navy sionals to steer him correctly.