Governments at war employ centralization as one of their tactics to ensure they destroy internal opposition which would highly impact their external activities. The aim of this form of power centralization is to ensure important military resources are accessible without opposition. This will see an increase in military budgets with a higher level of secrecy in allocations. The tendency to centralize governments during war periods has historically led to "state of emergency" announcements followed by the stripping away of civil rights. The government in this case has too much power...
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