military–industrial complex

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The military–industrial complex is the network of relationships between a nation's armed forces, government, and defense industries that drives and benefits from sustained military spending and arms production.

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Generate an image of a military–industrial complex (The military–industrial complex is the network of relationships between a nation's armed forces, government, and defense industries that drives and benefits from sustained military spending and arms production.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political concept ⓘ
power structure ⓘ
socioeconomic concept ⓘ
aimsAt expansion of arms markets ⓘ
institutional self-preservation ⓘ
sustained high levels of defense spending ⓘ
technological superiority in warfare ⓘ
appliesTo United States ⓘ
other industrialized countries ⓘ
associatedWith arms races ⓘ
expansion of national security state ⓘ
influence over public policy ⓘ
militarization of foreign policy ⓘ
overproduction of weapons ⓘ
threat inflation ⓘ
war profiteering ⓘ
benefits defense contractors ⓘ
military bureaucracies ⓘ
politicians representing defense-dependent districts ⓘ
coinedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
coinedIn 1961 ⓘ
criticizedFor conflicts of interest ⓘ
corruption risks ⓘ
distorting democratic decision-making ⓘ
influencing media narratives about security ⓘ
lack of transparency ⓘ
perpetuating armed conflict ⓘ
prioritizing military solutions over diplomacy ⓘ
wasteful defense spending ⓘ
drivenBy economic interests ⓘ
political interests ⓘ
strategic interests ⓘ
fieldOfStudy international relations ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
political science ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
hasEffectOn civil–military relations ⓘ
domestic politics ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
labor markets in defense-dependent regions ⓘ
public finances ⓘ
technological innovation ⓘ
hasLanguageVariant military industrial complex ⓘ
military-industrial complex ⓘ
hasPart aerospace industry ⓘ
armed forces ⓘ
arms exporters ⓘ
defense contractors ⓘ
defense industry ⓘ
defense-related labor unions ⓘ
electronics and cyber defense firms ⓘ
government ⓘ
intelligence agencies ⓘ
legislative committees on defense ⓘ
lobbying organizations ⓘ
military research institutions ⓘ
military technology firms ⓘ
private military contractors ⓘ
shipbuilding industry ⓘ
think tanks ⓘ
weapons manufacturers ⓘ
involves arms production ⓘ
arms trade ⓘ
campaign contributions from defense firms ⓘ
classified defense contracts ⓘ
defense procurement ⓘ
military lobbying ⓘ
military spending ⓘ
national security discourse ⓘ
revolving door employment between military, government, and industry ⓘ
security policy making ⓘ
war planning ⓘ
weapons research and development ⓘ
mentionedIn Eisenhower's farewell address ⓘ
relatedTo arms industry ⓘ
deep state ⓘ
defense budget ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
iron triangle (politics) ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
national security state ⓘ
war economy ⓘ

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Cold War → hasEconomicAspect → military–industrial complex ⓘ
World War II economic mobilization → influenced → Cold War military–industrial policy ⓘ
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military–industrial complex → hasLanguageVariant → military industrial complex ⓘ
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Eisenhower's farewell address → mainSubject → military–industrial complex ⓘ
Eisenhower's farewell address → warnsAbout → military–industrial complex ⓘ
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic → mainSubject → military–industrial complex ⓘ
Sorrows of Empire → subject → military–industrial complex ⓘ
Morton Thiokol → partOf → U.S. military–industrial complex ⓘ
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Dismantling the Empire → mainSubject → military-industrial complex ⓘ
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Dismantling the Empire → criticizes → military-industrial complex ⓘ
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Canadian Bacon → depicts → military–industrial complex ⓘ
Alternities → hasSubject → military-industrial complex ⓘ
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Martin Company → partOf → U.S. military–industrial complex ⓘ
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Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins → criticizes → military-industrial complex ⓘ
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Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine → subject → United States military–industrial complex ⓘ
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They Eat Puppies, Don’t They? → satirizes → military–industrial complex ⓘ
The Power Elite → relatedConcept → military–industrial complex ⓘ
The Causes of World War Three → mainTopic → military–industrial complex ⓘ
The Causes of World War Three → criticizes → military–industrial complex ⓘ
A Foreign Policy of Freedom → criticizes → military-industrial complex ⓘ
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Ford Aerospace → partOf → U.S. military–industrial complex ⓘ
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CASIC → sector → military-industrial complex ⓘ
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The Pentagon Catalog → parodies → military-industrial complex ⓘ
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The Hidden History of the Korean War → hasTheme → military-industrial complex ⓘ
linked to: military–industrial complex
Code Pink → criticizes → military-industrial complex ⓘ
linked to: military–industrial complex