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Although it was much broader, Eisenhower's speech is remembered primarily for its reference to the military-industrial complex. [7] The phrase gained acceptance during the Vietnam War era and 21st-century commentators have expressed the opinion that a number of the fears raised in his speech have come true.
The Chance for Peace speech, also known as the Cross of Iron speech, was an address given by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 16, 1953, shortly after the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Dwight David Eisenhower [a] (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), also known by his nickname Ike, was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961.
Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F ... though Vietnam War is the most commonly ... for $722 million in emergency aid for South Vietnam, Ford gave a televised speech on 23 ...
In the years that followed, Eisenhower increased the number of U.S. military advisors in South Vietnam to 900. [117] Eisenhower with Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek during his visit to Taipei in June 1960. Eisenhower's commitment in South Vietnam was part of a broader program to contain China and the Soviet Union in East Asia.
America's miracle man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, religion, race, and U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia, 1950–1957. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-3440-2. Jacobs, Seth (2006). Cold War Mandarin: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America's War in Vietnam, 1950–1963. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
Eisenhower's farewell address, January 17, 1961. The term military–industrial complex is used at 8:16. Length: 15:30. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower originally coined the term in his Farewell Address to the Nation on January 17, 1961: [12] A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment.
The speech was a tipping point for international focus on peaceful uses of atomic energy, even during the early stages of the Cold War. Eisenhower, with some influence from J. Robert Oppenheimer, may have been attempting to convey a spirit of comfort to a terrified world after the horror of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the nuclear tests of the ...