The development that likely caused this sustained increase in US peacetime defense spending was the Vietnam War.
How did the Vietnam War influence spending?
Even though the United States was technically at peace, they were engaged in fighting the Vietnam War.
As a result the increase in US peacetime defense spending was sustained in order to sustain the war effort in Vietnam.
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