What term describes the relationship between the military and the defense industry that warned about by Eisenhower?

• A. Military-industrial complex
• B. Civil-Military Partnership
• C. Defense-Industrial Grid
• D. Security-Industrial Complex

Answer: (A)

The relationship described is the military-industrial complex—the intertwined interests of the armed forces, defense contractors, and political leadership that coordinate on national security policy and spending. Eisenhower warned that as military needs grow and defense industries expand, they form a self-reinforcing system: contracts, research, and lobbying align to sustain large defense budgets and influence decisions, which can erode democratic oversight and push a permanent emphasis on military solutions. The other labels aren’t the exact term he used in that moment; they describe related ideas but don’t capture the historic phrase he coined in his farewell address.