Essays Tagged: "Military Industrial Complex"

Title: Military Industrial Complex and Capitalist Imperialism Flourish in America author: ryan appotiva

dominant nation and sole country worthy of the hegemonic label, the United States must maintain its military and economic superiority or risk falling from its unparalleled echelon in the world. Such a ... pport an enormous industry dedicated to arms and war - a situation that has come to be known as the military-industrial complex -- and has required America to repeatedly find (or invent) reasons to us ...

(11 pages) 43 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

U.S.A.: The Military - Industrial Complex (How the military-industrial complex had evolved and its implication on Business, Governmant and society)

ORIGINS OF MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of ... we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and wil ... r exists and will persist."- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961When Eisenhower coined this historical term "Military Industrial Complex" in his farewell address, he could hardly have imagined the extent to wh ...

(18 pages) 204 0 4.8 Mar/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

America: Rogue Superpower

we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and wil ... 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 ...

(12 pages) 42 0 5.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers

War: A Growing BuisnessThe Military Industrial Complex

rously promoted a belief in, the existence of looming national peril. The conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry led President Dwight D. Eisenhower to warn against ... esident Dwight D. Eisenhower to warn against a "military-industrial complex" or a self-propagating "military machine so big that it just has to be used" (Schuster). However, following World War Two, m ...

(6 pages) 9 0 0.0 Oct/2011

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Military-Industrial Complex

Babela 6Matthew BabelaProfessor Jeffrey AvantsEnglish M01A4 December 2013Military-Industrial ComplexThe U.S. war on Iraq is the consequence of the military-industrial comple ... terms, Eisenhower had slowed the push for increased defense spending despite pressure to build more military equipment during the Cold War's arms race. Nonetheless, the American military services and ... ter the Soviet Union, but it confounded him. Though he did not say so explicitly, his standing as a military leader helped give him the credibility to stand up to the pressures of this new, powerful i ...

(6 pages) 2 0 0.0 Mar/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers