期刊名称：Cultural Logic : an Electronic Journal of Marxist Theory and Practice
电子版ISSN：1097-3087
出版年度：2013
页码：209-223
出版社：Department of English and Foreign Languages
摘要：In January 1961, as he completed his second and final term as president of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower gave a farewell address to the nation (Ike's Warning, 2011). In many ways , it was a remarkable and prescient speech, especially given that Eisenhower was a West Point graduate, a retired five - star general, a military hero during World War II who l ed the D - Day inv asion of Europe, and was essentially a very conservative man. In the speech, Eisenhower warned the American people of the growing power of a "military - industrial complex," an alliance of the military with defense contractors that he saw as a threat to dem ocracy: In the councils of government, 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 will persist. We mus t never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. 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 prosper together. (Eisenhower Farewell Address, paras. 21 - 22)
