The Military-Industrial Complex

The Editors: Gregg B. Walker is an associate professor of Speech Communication and Director of Peace Studies at Oregon State University. His research on conflict and dispute resolution has appeared in Mediation Quarterly, the Social Science Journal, and Argumentation and Advocacy. David A. Bella is Professor of Civil Engineering at Oregon State University. His research on peace-related issues has appeared in the Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering, and Technology and Society. Steven J. Sprecher is senior minister at United Campus Ministry in Corvallis, Oregon.

Contents: This book includes thirteen essays that address various aspects of the United States «Military-Industrial Complex» and President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell warning about that complex. The essays are organized according to a variety of «perspectives»: contemporary, economic and historical, and rhetorical and psychological. The book concludes with an essay that argues for considering Eisenhower's farewell warning as a «new paradigm» for thinking about the relationships between the citizenry, government, and industry.