Press Release of farewell address by President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Many critics of the Vietnam War drew attention to US President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning about the conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry that was new in the “American experience”: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist”.