ABSTRACT
On January 17, 1961, at 8:30 in the evening, Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address to a nation that had respected him as its general, president, and leader. While the address evoked many memories of his lifetime of service to his country, the words which are best remembered from that night may be these:
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.
(Eisenhower, 1961, p. 1035)