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Eisenhower farewell address
One of the more famous United States presidential speeches from the
military-industrial complex for his final address as president of the United States
in order to caution about the potential social and political effects of a large peacetime arms industry.
Used in:
- Military-industrial complex
- Cold War (1953–1962)
- Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Full transcript available at the Eisenhower Presidential Library site.[1]
- Conominate and support. - DurovaCharge! 18:32, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- Co-nominate and support Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support So long as the duration of the file is included in the caption ;)]
- Support, but do you know where Eisenhower was when he gave the speech, and how many radio/TV networks broadcasted it? Zginder 2008-07-15T14:18Z (UTC)
- He was in the Oval Office, however, I don't know how many networks broadcast it. Given the time period, I'd suspect most of the major ones (in America, possibly a scattering elsewhere). Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:20, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
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