Limited power of the military initially disregarded (7)
I believe the answer is:
partial
'limited' is the definition.
'power of the military initially disregarded' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'power' could be 'art' (art is a kind of power) and 'art' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for partial that I've seen before include "Showing favouritism" , "Not complete, or with strong liking for" , "One-sided" , "Keen" , "Incomplete; biassed" .)