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military-industrial complex


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A country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials, regarded as a powerful vested interest. The term derives from a speech by US President Eisenhower in 1961.

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military-industrial complex
in Dictionary of the Social Sciences Length: 169 words
Military‐Industrial Complex
in The Oxford Companion to American Military History Length: 1491 words
military‐industrial complex
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (3) Length: 41 words
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in The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Length: 2495 words

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