The Military-Industrial Complex

by Alex Roland

This booklet provides a thorough analysis of a set of relationships central to American history in the latter 20th century, which entered popular discourse in a phrase used by Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address of 1961-the military-industrial complex. Roland begins with an overview of U.S. industry and the military between World War I and the 1990s. He then focuses on five transformations: civil-military relations, relations between industry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872291243
• ISBN13: 9780872291249
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: American Historical Association
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.8"