Does the Military-Industrial Complex as we understand it still
exist? If so, how has it changed since the end of the Cold War?
First named by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell
address, the Military-Industrial Complex, originally an exclusively
American phenomenon of the Cold War, was tailored to develop and
produce military technologies equal to the existential threat
perceived to be posed by the Soviet Union. An informal yet robust
relationship between the military and industry, the MIC pursued and
won a qualitative, technological arms race but exacted a high price
in waste, fraud, and abuse. Today, although total US spending on
national security exceeds $1 trillion a year, it accounts for a
smaller percentage of the federal budget, the national GDP, and
world military spending than during the Cold War. Given this fact,
is the MIC as we commonly understand it still alive? If so, how has
it changed in the intervening years? In Delta of Power, Alex Roland
tells the comprehensive history of the MIC from 1961, the Cold War,
and the War on Terror, to the present day. Roland argues that the
MIC is now significantly different than it was when Eisenhower
warned of its dangers, still exerting a significant but diminished
influence in American life. Focusing intently on the three decades
since the end of the Cold War in 1991, Roland explains how a lack
of cohesion, rapid change, and historical contingency have
transformed America's military-industrial institutions and
infrastructure. Roland addresses five critical realms of
transformation: civil-military relations, relations between
industry and the state, among government agencies, between
scientific-technical communities and the state, and between
technology and society. He also tracks the way in which America's
arsenal has evolved since 1991. The MIC still merits Eisenhower's
warning of political and moral hazard, he concludes, but it
continues to deliver, by a narrower margin, the world's most potent
arsenal. An authoritative account of America's evolving arsenal
since World War II, Delta of Power is a dynamic exploration of
military preparedness and current events.
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