The Military Industrial Complex And American Society

Author : S. Mike Pavelec
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military-Industrial Complex and American Society written by S. Mike Pavelec and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-01-18 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete reference on the military-industrial complex, from its Cold War era expansion to the present. The Military-Industrial Complex and American Society addresses the broad subject of the political economy of defense research and its wide-reaching effects on many aspects of American life. Ranging from the massive arms buildup of the Cold War to the influx of private contractors and corporations such as Halliburton, it reveals the interconnectedness of the military, industry, and government within the history of this public/private enterprise. The Military-Industrial Complex and American Society offers over 100 alphabetically organized entries on a wide of range of significant research bodies and government agencies, as well as important people, events, and technologies. In addition, a series of essays looks at such essential topics as propaganda, think tanks, defense budgeting, the defense industry and the economy, and the breakdown of the military-industrial complex in Vietnam. With this work, students, policymakers, and other interested readers will understand the ramifications of the relationships between industry, scientific and technological communities, the government, and society.

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ISBN 13 : 9781780349718
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Military-industrial Complex and American Society written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Military-Industrial Complex and American Society addresses the broad subject of the political economy of defense research and its wide-reaching effects on many aspects of American life. Ranging from the massive arms buildup of the Cold War to the influx of private contractors and corporations such as Halliburton, it reveals the interconnectedness of the military, industry, and government within the history of this public/private enterprise.

Author : Norman L. Crockett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780882730431
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military-industrial Complex and American Society written by Norman L. Crockett and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alex Roland
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421441810
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delta of Power written by Alex Roland and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book covers the Cold War origins of the military-industrial complex and explains its current relevance since the 9/11 terrorist attacks"--

Author : James Ledbetter
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300168829
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unwarranted Influence written by James Ledbetter and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)
Publisher : Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War, Business, and American Society written by Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III) and published by Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alex Roland
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421441829
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delta of Power written by Alex Roland and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the Military-Industrial Complex as we understand it still exist? If so, how has it changed since the end of the Cold War? First named by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address, the Military-Industrial Complex, originally an exclusively American phenomenon of the Cold War, was tailored to develop and produce military technologies equal to the existential threat perceived to be posed by the Soviet Union. An informal yet robust relationship between the military and industry, the MIC pursued and won a qualitative, technological arms race but exacted a high price in waste, fraud, and abuse. Today, although total US spending on national security exceeds $1 trillion a year, it accounts for a smaller percentage of the federal budget, the national GDP, and world military spending than during the Cold War. Given this fact, is the MIC as we commonly understand it still alive? If so, how has it changed in the intervening years? In Delta of Power, Alex Roland tells the comprehensive history of the MIC from 1961, the Cold War, and the War on Terror, to the present day. Roland argues that the MIC is now significantly different than it was when Eisenhower warned of its dangers, still exerting a significant but diminished influence in American life. Focusing intently on the three decades since the end of the Cold War in 1991, Roland explains how a lack of cohesion, rapid change, and historical contingency have transformed America's military-industrial institutions and infrastructure. Roland addresses five critical realms of transformation: civil-military relations, relations between industry and the state, among government agencies, between scientific-technical communities and the state, and between technology and society. He also tracks the way in which America's arsenal has evolved since 1991. The MIC still merits Eisenhower's warning of political and moral hazard, he concludes, but it continues to deliver, by a narrower margin, the world's most potent arsenal. An authoritative account of America's evolving arsenal since World War II, Delta of Power is a dynamic exploration of military preparedness and current events.

Author : Dwight D. Eisenhower
Publisher : Basementia Publications
ISBN 13 : 0976642395
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military-Industrial Complex written by Dwight D. Eisenhower and published by Basementia Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sidney Lens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780829801545
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military-industrial Complex written by Sidney Lens and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Much of the ... material appeared in a modified form as a series in the National Catholic reporter." Includes bibliographical references.

Author : Gregg B. Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military-industrial Complex written by Gregg B. Walker and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his farewell address as President, warned of a -military-industrial complex;- a complex organizational system seemingly beyond the control of citizens and their elected government. With Eisenhower's ideas as inspiration, this book offers a collection of essays that examine various aspects of the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex and the farewell warning. The book reflects an interdisciplinary effort; essays come from such fields as history, economics, sociology, business, and communication."