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Unwarranted influence : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the military-industrial complex /

In Dwight D. Eisenhower's last speech as president, on January 17, 1961, he warned America about the "military-industrial complex," a mutual dependency between the nation's industrial base and its military structure that had developed during World War II. After the conflict ended...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ledbetter, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Icons of America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tracking the unwarranted influence
  • Intellectual origins
  • War, peace, and Eisenhower
  • Eisenhower's contentious second term
  • The speech
  • Interpretations and embellishments
  • In full fury
  • "Eisenhower must be rolling over in his grave"
  • Appendix : Eisenhower's farewell address.