Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address (1961)
Glossary
- atheistic characterized by a disbelief in the existence of a deity
- charity feeling of good will
- confederation a group of states or countries joined in alliance
- fountainhead primary source
- holocausts events characterized by great destruction and loss of life
- ideology total complex of beliefs, such as one that directs a political group
- insidious treacherous and deceitful
- knowledgeable citizenry informed and educated members of a country
- military-industrial complex the conjunction of the military arm of the government and the collection of corporatebusinesses that provide key military materials
- partisanship strong support for one side
- phantom ghost
- plundering robbing by force
- pre-eminence superiority over others
- provocation action eliciting anger
Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (National Archives and Records Administration)
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