Conclusions


 

A key theme is the emergence of a large scientific and technological establishment, shaped in large part by military and other government needs and priorities.  Listen to President Dwight D. Eisenhower's remarkable Farewell Address from January 1961 to get a sense of how the emergence of this so-called "Military-Industrial Complex" created great concern, even from someone whose entire life had been devoted to the military establishment. Alternatively, you can read the text of the Farewell Address.

 


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