ECONOMIC, MILITARY, HUMAN OR POLITICAL SECURITY?
AN ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER’S
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ECONOMIC, MILITARY, HUMAN OR POLITICAL SECURITY? AN ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
ECONOMIC, MILITARY, HUMAN OR POLITICAL SECURITY? AN ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER’S FAREWELL ADDRESS

Author(s): Graţian Lupu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: Eisenhower farewell address; military-industrial complex; Dwight D. Eisenhower;democracy

Summary/Abstract: In his farewell address, president Dwight D. Eisenhower expresses important ideas and warns about the gain of excessive influence, them is placed power of the American military-industrial complex, built duringhis time at the White House. He also warns about the risks of the scientificresearch to be taken over by the state or the risk that scientists gain toomuch influence in society. Eisenhower exhorts people to balance,moderation, temperance and also warns about the risks of the cold war. Wetranslated the speech in Romanian and also made some comments andanalysis on the text and show the impact of the farewell address 50 years after and what the media and some specialists published about this speech.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 147-158
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian