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What Ike's military industrial complex speech didn't say
North America

What Ike's military industrial complex speech didn't say

Eisenhower's embrace of covert operations helped to seed the complete breakdown of Americans' trust in its institutions today.

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Washington Politics

The dark side of Eisenhower's foreign policy

While he warned about the military industrial complex, he was less restrained when it came to covert interventions, some which reverberate today.

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Middle East

Revisionists want to downplay U.S. role in 1953 Iran coup. Don't listen.

In new book, Ervand Abrahamian says fresh evidence shows the plot to overthrow Mossadegh was thick and a long time in the making.

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North America

Congress moves to revoke Eisenhower’s blank check for Middle East wars

Bet you didn't know there was an authorization for the use of military force against international communism still on the books.