But we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense. We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. ...
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. Akin to and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military...
Eisenhower warned against the rapidly growing relationship between industrial arms producers and the Defense Department. He mentioned the amount of tax dollars spent on building up the military had started to exceed the total revenue of all American corporations. Reading it today, the harbingers of E...
NEAL CONAN
The military-industrial complex is probably the only thing people remember from this speech, and probably all you'll remember few years from now. Notice, though, how late in the speech this main point occurs and how it's surrounded by pro-defense rhetoric. Everyone knew Ike was one of the...
In 1961, as in 1953, his central theme was theft. This time, however, rather than homes or schools, Ike suggested the thieves might walk off with democracy itself. “The Tyranny of Defense Inc.”, Andrew J. Bacevich,The Atlantic
Though dangerous, Eisenhower considered the military-industrial complex necessary to deter Soviet Union from aggression against the United States and its allies. But he urged his successors in government to balance defense and diplomacy in their relations with the Soviet Union, saying: “We must learn...
In all these efforts, Eisenhower used the threat of U.S. military power to help achieve his foreign policy goals. But he warned Americans against letting businesses aiding the defense industry become too powerful. 在所有这些努力当中,艾森豪威尔都动用了美国军事力量的威慑来达成他的外交目的。但他警告...
exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our ...
But he warned Americans against letting businesses aiding the defense industry become too powerful. In his final speech as president, Eisenhower spoke of the dangers of what he called the military-industrial complex. He did not want the country to depend only on war to resolve conflicts. And, ...