It's January 1961.

The muddy waters, Elvis Presley, all of Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, are all on the radio.

The cold war is hot and President Eisenhower is about to leave office.

He gives a farewell address from the White House, and he's sitting at his desk with an American

flag hanging behind his mostly bald head.

He's wearing his thick, clear-framed glasses, and he has on a vest and tie under his suit jacket.

Some Americans are listening to him on the radio, but a lot are watching him on black and white

television sets from their homes in the suburbs.

And Eisenhower looks into the camera and issues them a famous warning.

Beware the rise of the military industrial complex.

We annually spend on military security alone, more than the net income of all United States

corporations.

Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new

in the American experience.

The total influence, economic, political, even spiritual is felt in every city, every

statehouse, every office of the federal government.

We recognize the imperative need for this development.

Like we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.

Our toil, resources, and livelihood are all involved.

So is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence,

whether sought or unsought by the military industrial complex.

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