Unwarranted Influence: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex

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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300153058
ISBN-13
9780300153057
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84535788

Product Key Features

Book Title
Unwarranted Influence : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military Industrial Complex
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / General, Military / United States, Presidents & Heads of State, Industries / Manufacturing
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Author
James Ledbetter
Book Series
Icons of America Ser.
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
LCCN
2010-024512
Dewey Edition
22
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"Few commentators on the 34th president's mind and methods have more rigorously considered the evolution of Eisenhower's preoccupations than Ledbetter has."-Josiah Bunting III, Washington Post, "James Ledbetter has given us an excellent study to make the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower's farewell."-Robert Westbrook, The Christian Century, "James Ledbetter has given us an excellent study to make the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower''s farewell."-Robert Westbrook, The Christian Century, "Excellent. . . a balanced, rigorous, and fascinating intellectual history of the speech."--David Greenberg, Slate, "Unwarranted Influence is a well-researched, thought-provoking amd very well written account of the evolution of  the military-industrial complex, whose influence has extended beyond the Cold War." - Helen Bury, University of St. Andrews, "Excellent . . . a balanced, rigorous, and fascinating intellectual history of the speech."-David Greenberg, Slate, "Few commentators on the 34th president''s mind and methods have more rigorously considered the evolution of Eisenhower''s preoccupations than Ledbetter has."--Josiah Bunting III, Washington Post, "[A] detailed showcase for an idea that continues to touch us, even after 50 years."-Lora Cohn, Presidential Studies Quarterly
Dewey Decimal
355.02/130973
Synopsis
In Dwight D. Eisenhower's last speech as president, on January 17, 1961, he warned America about the "military-industrial complex," a mutual dependency between the nation's industrial base and its military structure that had developed during World War II. After the conflict ended, the nation did not abandon its wartime economy but rather the opposite. Military spending has steadily increased, giving rise to one of the key ideas that continues to shape our country's political landscape. In this book, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Eisenhower's farewell address, journalist James Ledbetter shows how the government, military contractors, and the nation's overall economy have become inseparable. Some of the effects are beneficial, such as cell phones, GPS systems, the Internet, and the Hubble Space Telescope, all of which emerged from technologies first developed for the military. But the military-industrial complex has also provoked agonizing questions. Does our massive military establishment-bigger than those of the next ten largest combined-really make us safer? How much of our perception of security threats is driven by the profit-making motives of military contractors? To what extent is our foreign policy influenced by contractors' financial interests? Ledbetter uncovers the surprising origins and the even more surprising afterlife of the military-industrial complex, an idea that arose as early as the 1930s, and shows how it gained traction during World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam era and continues even today., In Dwight D. Eisenhower s last speech as president, on January 17, 1961, he warned America about the military-industrial complex, a mutual dependency between the nation s industrial base and its military structure that had developed during World War II. After the conflict ended, the nation did not abandon its wartime economy but rather the opposite. Military spending has steadily increased, giving rise to one of the key ideas that continues to shape our country s political landscape. In this book, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Eisenhower s farewell address, journalist James Ledbetter shows how the government, military contractors, and the nation s overall economy have become inseparable.Some of the effects are beneficial, such as cell phones, GPS systems, the Internet, and the Hubble Space Telescope, all of which emerged from technologies first developed for the military.But the military-industrial complex has also provoked agonizing questions. Does our massive military establishment bigger than those of the next ten largest combined really make us safer?How much of our perception of security threats is driven by the profit-making motives of military contractors?To what extent is our foreign policy influenced by contractors financial interests? Ledbetter uncovers the surprising origins and the even more surprising afterlife of the military-industrial complex, an idea that arose as early as the 1930s, and shows how it gained traction during World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam era and continues even today."
LC Classification Number
HC110.D4L4 2011

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