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A draft of the farewell address, showing handwritten edits. Despite his military background and being the only general to be elected president in the 20th century, he warned the nation with regard to the corrupting influence of what he describes as the "military-industrial complex".
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address As delivered transcript and complete audio from AmericanRhetoric.com; William McGaffin and Erwin Knoll, The military–industrial complex, An analysis of the phenomenon written in 1969; The Cost of War & Today's Military Industrial Complex, National Public Radio, January 8, 2003.
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[citation needed] Although Eisenhower, a former military man, spoke against increased military spending, the Cold War deepened during his administration and political pressures for increased military spending mounted. By the time he left office in 1961, he felt it necessary to warn of the military-industrial complex in his final address.
In this commentary, William Lambers says the country needs to heed Dwight Eisenhower's warning of not letting the military grow at expense of all else
The first 1961 State of the Union Address was delivered in written format [1] by outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, on Thursday, January 12, 1961, to the 87th United States Congress. [2] It was Eisenhower's ninth and final State of the Union Address.
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