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 misplace power exists and will persist.

Skepticism about the expansion of the American military is practically a third rail in a contemporary

politics, yet those words are spoken by a US president and a conservative Republican and

retired general at that.

To wait D. Eisenhower coined the phrase military industrial complex in his ominous speech

upon leaving office after two terms in the White House from 1953 to 1961.

Book ended by the war of torn 1940s and the turbulent 1960s, the historical import

of the 50s is often downplayed, but the decades saw the intensification of the Cold War

with the Soviet Union, a devastating war with Korea, the landmark civil rights decision

Brown v. Board of Education, and the admission of the two non-contiguous US states, Alaska

and Hawaii.

In 1958, it witnessed the establishment of a family stake house in Culver City, California,

a so-cow town that underwent economic expansion during and after World War II as the site of Howard

Hughes' aircraft plant.

The eatery delivered a restaurant quality sit-down experience at prices competitive with

drive-in hamburger joints, partly by limiting weight staff via counter-ordering and a self-service

buffet.

It expanded across the US and later to Australian Asian subsequent decades.

However, its main hook, the all-you-can-eat salad bar, would come to be its downfall, as

customers would learn to forego the higher margin on trays entirely and treat the salad

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