Author / Alex Mines
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A Day Late and a Shell Short
In his farewell address to the nation on January 17, 1961, then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the term “military-industrial complex,” referring to the intertwining of legislative, military, and defense industry interests that manage the development, production, acquisition, and distribution of America’s military equipment and armaments. In the early 1960s, the US military industrial complex was…
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A Day Late and A Shell Short
In his farewell address to the nation on January 17, 1961, then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the term “military-industrial complex,” referring to the intertwining of legislative, military, and defense industry interests that manage the development, production, acquisition, and distribution of America’s military equipment and armaments. In the early 1960s, the US military industrial complex was…
