Milton Eisenhower

President Eisenhower's Farewell Address Warns Against Military-Industrial Complex

1961-01-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

In his nationally televised farewell address from the Oval Office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued one of the most prescient warnings in American political history about the dangers of the military-industrial complex. The five-star general and Republican president who had led Allied forces in …

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Executive Order 9066 Authorizes Japanese American Internment

1942-02-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, authorizing the Secretary of War and military commanders to designate “military areas” from which “any or all persons may be excluded.” Though the order never mentions Japanese Americans by name, …

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