Who's Running America?: The Obama Reign by Thomas R. Dye

Author:Thomas R. Dye [Dye, Thomas R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Sociology, Political Science, General
ISBN: 9781317249061
Google: NNTOCgAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 27435476
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Military Establishment

In his farewell address to the nation in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of “an immense military establishment and a large arms industry.” He observed: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.”

The phrase military-industrial complex caught on with many commentators over the years. It implied that a giant network of defense contractors (see Table 5.5), together with members of Congress in whose districts their plants were located, conspired with the generals in the Pentagon to create a powerful force in governmental and corporate circles. Indeed, radical social commentators held the military-industrial complex responsible for war and “imperialism.”

Table 5.5 Top Defense Contractors, 2009

1. Lockheed Martin

2. Boeing

3. Northrup Grumman

4. General Dynamics

5. Raytheon

6. United Technologies

Source: U.S. General Services Administration, “Top 100 Contractors Report,” 2010.

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