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the era between wars when nobody agrees on what the military is for.
means a period when a nation is not officially at war, used mostly to describe the awkward stretch where armies exist but have nothing to shoot.
from the word split off from wartime in early 20th-century usage, once armies got big and permanent enough that someone had to name the gaps between conflicts.
budget shrinkermilitary spending typically drops sharply once labeled peacetime.
draft ironypeacetime drafts have existed, conscription without a war.
economic pivotfactories built for war often retool during peacetime booms.