I found the "not ready for wartime" Sam Donaldson quote most telling.
However much he may have wanted to see it implemented, emergency measures for wartime were in effect.
Promotion to a rank above OF-9 is now rare and usually reserved for wartime.
Security has the kind of insanity that's normal for wartime.
This was accomplished without a truce, using the support of the army - a remarkable commitment to public health, especially adapted for wartime.
Magazines were urged to carry fiction suitable for wartime.
Not all campaign furniture was for wartime.
Similarly, the shortage of nurses for wartime is 31,000, or nearly half the need.
"It's not a situation where we make changes for wartime and then go back to the way things were."
"For wartime, Enid, we try to squeeze a little extra gaiety, and your appearance has done the trick."