The National Security Act (NSA)

The National Security Act (NSA) 1947 is the major component of the legislation in the history of America. It established majority of the U.S. national security and bureaucracy institutions consisting of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Air Force, and the Council of National Security. It led to the creation of National Military Establishment which became the Department of Defense (DOD) in 1949. It also provided the statutory identity to the Joints Chief of Staff of the U.S. Since the NSA, no comparable law has been passed. This legislation was the result of a set of unique circumstances (McDougall, 1997).
The destructive impact of WorldWar II was the initial trigger to reform the foreign policy of America; it’s also the direct outcome

This doctrine was known as ‘Monroe Doctrine’, a warning sign to European nations to end Western hemisphere’s colonization. This doctrine further strengthened the foreign policy of neutrality as established by Washington and portrayed a specific retrograde character before the Civil War era. American soldiers much like their European colleagues looked nostalgically over Napoleon shoulders, even though the outcome of battle was changing before their eyes. The progress in technology also enhanced the range, speed and deadliness of the artillery and small arms fire. For the rest of the 19th and the 20th century, professional soldiers argued over the firepower, shock and mobility proper balance (Krasner,

This was the policy of ‘isolation’, where the U.S isolated itself from the Europeans quarrels over the period 1815-1915. Although the victory of the North in the Civil War had a huge influence upon the democracy advent in Britain, France and Germanyin 1867.In 1939, during the start of World War II, President Roosevelt quickly determined the Axis as a global threat to the interests and values of America. In a stroke of political matter, he identified British and American war aims before the U.S had even entered into the conflict. So, Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter in 1941. Both Prime Minister and President of the U.S. represented the government in the U.K. They made certain general national policies and principle for their respective countries upon which their hopes were based for a better world in the future. The U.S enjoyed an unparalleled strength of military, great political and economic influence. By maintaining the principles and heritage, the idea was to produce a balance of power supporting freedom of human beings (Krasner,