Ike’s Last Stand
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Fifty years ago, Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. The American Conservative presents five views of his prophetic Farewell Address.
Drafting History
Robert Schlesinger
How–and why–Ike’s farewell was written.

Science of Tyranny
Patrick J. Deneen
Eisenhower identified more than one threat to the republic.

The Other Eisenhowers
Bill Kauffman
Ike’s anti-militarist roots.

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 . The Liberal Complex
Michael C. Desch
Idealism, not economics, drives U.S. militarism.

I Don’t Like Ike
Lew Rockwell
 He vastly expanded the garrison state.

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2 Responses to “Ike’s Last Stand”

  1. Farewell to the Republic | Front Porch Republic, on January 17th, 2011 at 7:34 am Said:

    [...] necessary dominance of the natural sciences that the Cold War would require. You can find my entry here, and the entire symposium here. Read it, and pay your respects to the republic. var [...]

  2. The American Conservative » Sputnik Moment, on January 26th, 2011 at 11:47 am Said:

    [...] we already have an answer to Obama hyping of a new “Sputnik moment” in the form of Patrick Deneen’s contribution to our earlier symposium on Eisenhower’s farewell [...]

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