It was President Dwight Eisenhower who coined the phrase "the military-industrial complex" to warn against the nexus of military and industrial power that could sway public policy towards its own ends. A new book suggests that far from being a post-WW2 phenomenon, as history has suggested, it has been around for two centuries.
A new book suggests that far from being a post-WW2 phenomenon, as history has suggested, the nexus of military and industrial power has been around for two centuries. Conspiracy theorists have long held that the world is run by arms companies, military generals, and political puppets whose existence depends on backhanders…
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