The Merchants Of Death
Published: September 4, 2026
Duration: 1:19:53
On the evening of January 17, 1961, with just three days left in his presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a 16-minute farewell address containing one warning that would outlive nearly everything else he said in public office: America must guard against the “unwarranted influence” of the military-industrial complex.
This episode of Disturbing History examines what Eisenhower was really describing, because he was not predicting the future.
He had spent eight years inside the system himself.Brian King-Sharp traces the rise of that system from the 1934 Nye Committee hearings, which investigated major American arms manufacturers, through the enormous industrial mobil...
This episode of Disturbing History examines what Eisenhower was really describing, because he was not predicting the future.
He had spent eight years inside the system himself.Brian King-Sharp traces the rise of that system from the 1934 Nye Committee hearings, which investigated major American arms manufacturers, through the enormous industrial mobil...