President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address, known for its warnings about the growing power of the “military-industrial complex,” was nearly two years in the making. Eisenhower Library director Karl Weissenbach and presidential historian and Foundation for the National Archives board member Michael Beschloss discuss the evolution of the speech.
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