> after 1940s, military spending's constantly reduced I think your information is incorrect. There was this thing called 'the cold war'. From 1948 on military

> after 1940s, military spending's constantly reduced I think your information is incorrect. There was this thing called 'the cold war'. From 1948 on military spending constantly *increased*, when this report was written it was already 200% of the 1948 level. See https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.png https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.p... for a graphic.