U.S.A.: The Military - Industrial Complex (How the military-industrial complex had evolved and its implication on Business, Governmant and society)
ORIGINS OF MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
"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."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
When Eisenhower coined this historical term "Military Industrial Complex" in his farewell address, he could hardly have imagined the extent to which this combination of the US armed forces, industry, …
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…success of the US innovation systems, leading to the growth of the knowledge economy. However, these positive aspects brought along with them various concomitant negative dimensions. Defense corporations misused the excessive powers vested in them, and influenced other spheres of the complex to propagate their own interests. The society, which bore the brunt of these activities, now needs to take immediate corrective measures to prevent the continued rise in dominance of the Military Industrial Complex.
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