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The Cold War Origins of the Military Industrial Complex and NSC-68

The military industrial complex is really a creature of the Cold War. The United States has a long history of fighting in wars. In...

Power Elite Theory

“The Power Elite” is a term both coined and defined by American sociologist C. Wright Mills. Mills first proposed the term in his 1956...

Military Industrial Complex Speech and Significance

Dwight Eisenhower delivered one of the most famous farewell addresses a President ever gave just as he left office in 1960. In it...

Military Industrial Complex Famous Quotes

Of course the most famous quote about the military-industrial complex comes from President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address, but there are many more famous quotes...

Military Industrial Complex Conspiracy

Is the military industrial complex a conspiracy? On one hand it is easy to think it is. There have been a lot of strange...

Understanding the Military Industrial Complex

The military industrial complex has become our national albatross. The Soviet Union went bankrupt in part due to out of control defense spending and...