The Military-Industrial Complex

Term Paper # 99273

History > Leaders
International Relations > Cold War
International Relations > U.S.

An analysis of President Dwight Eisenhower's concerns of the military-industrial complex.

922 words () | 3 sources | MLA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses President Dwight Eisenhower's warning to Americans in 1961 to beware of the military-industrial complex. It explains why he was concerned about the power and influence being accumulated by the defense industry in the United States. The paper discusses the influence of the Cold War tensions between the communist world and the free world on Eisenhower's military-industrial complex concerns.

From the Paper:

" In conclusion, President Dwight Eisenhower's warning in 1961 of the power and influence being accumulated by the military-industrial complex was based on his concerns that the Cold War tensions between the communist world and the free world was creating a permanent industrial-military-political power base in the United States.
President Eisenhower believed that the massive spending on conventional and nuclear weaponry generated by the Cold War was necessary to a certain extent, but he also considered the military-industrial complex that has been created by this spending to be a potential threat to America's democratic institutions and to world peace. That threat is no longer just potential, it is very real, and is inflicting grave damage on America's economy and democratic institutions every day."

Sample of Sources Used:

"Congressman Resigns after Bribery Plea." CNN. November 28, 2005. Online. Available: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/28/cunningham/. 16 August 2006.
"Cost of War." NPP. Online. Available: http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php? option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182. 16 August 2006.
Eisenhower, Dwight. "Military-Industrial Complex Speech." Public Papers of the Presidents. Online. Available: http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents /indust.html. 15 August 2006.

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The Military-Industrial Complex (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-The-Military-Industrial-Complex/99273