[Athena]

I am not sure what you mean by conspiracy theory, but I think the following is information that should not be ignored:

16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Military-Industrial Complex as selected by Questia librarians 1. The Political Economy of Defense: Issues and Perspectives » Read Now by Andrew L. Ross. 232 pgs. ...As the study of the interface between economics, defense and politics proliferates, this collective volume sets out to identify the nature of political economy of defense... 2. Responding to Defense Dependence: Policy Ideas and the American Defense Industrial Base » Read Now by Erik R. Pages. 191 pgs. ...The 1970s and 1980s witnessed growing concern in the United States regarding the relative decline of the American economy and, for defense planners, the military's growing... 3. Eisenhower's Warning: The Military-Industrial Complex Forty Years Later, in World Policy Journal » Read Now by William D. Hartung. 6 pgs. ...Eisenhowers Warning The Military-Industrial Complex Forty Years Later...influence" exerted by the "military-industrial complex." He cautioned that...present and future of... 4. The Pentagon Basks in Triumph: The Famed Military-Industrial Complex Has Won, While the Diplomats Have Lost All Clout, in New Statesman » Read Now by John Kampfner. 1 pgs. ...in triumph: the famed military-industrial complex has won, while the diplomats...or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the...heavy armoury. The... 5. An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics ("Military-Industrial Complex" p. 300) » Read Now by Donald A. Wells. 539 pgs. ...This is the first encyclopedia that critically surveys the ethics of warmaking from a variety of perspectives. Noted experts raise basic questions about what is "just" in... 6. Fortress America: The American Military and the Consequences of Peace » Read Now by William Greider. 220 pgs. 7. Dismantling the Cold War Economy » Read Now by Ann Markusen, Joel Yudken. 316 pgs. ...United States. 2. Military- industrial complex--United States. 3. Defense...current state of Americas military-industrial complex could not have been...mandate to rein in... 8. Defense Addiction: Can America Kick the Habit? » Read Now by Sanford Gottlieb. 214 pgs. ...States-Defenses-ELonomic aspects. 2. Military- industrial complex--United States. 3. Defense...creating an all-powerful military-industrial complex, Eisenhowers... 9. Business and the State in International Relations (Chap. 2 "The Military-Industrial Complex, Sectoral Conflict, and the Study of U.S. Foreign Policy") » Read Now by Ronald W. Cox. 269 pgs. 10. Arm in Arm: The Political Economy of the Global Arms Trade (Chap. 4 "The Spread of Military Industry") » Read Now by William W. Keller. 205 pgs. 11. Toward a Revolution in Military Affairs? Defense and Security at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century (Chap. 10 "The Military-Industrial Correlates of the RMA: the Evolution of Agile Manufacturing") » Read Now by Thierry Gongora, Harald Von Riekhoff. 212 pgs. ...The Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), unleashed by the integration of information technologies into weapons systems, military units, and operations is a phenomenon with... 12. The Price of the Past: Russia's Struggle with the Legacy of a Militarized Economy » Read Now by Clifford G. Gaddy. 250 pgs. ...Today, Russia produces only a small fraction of the arms it did five years ago, but militarization of its economy is hardly an issue of the past. As this book clearly... 13. Gorbachev's Reforms: De-Stalinization through Demilitarization » Read Now by Susanne Sternthal. 230 pgs. ...Gorbachev's reforms in domestic and foreign policy were motivated by the overriding objective of making Soviet socialism a legitimate and viable alternative among the world... 14. Captives of the Cold War Economy: The Struggle for Defense Conversion in American Communities » Read Now by John J. Accordino. 205 pgs. ...In 1989 the Cold War ended, but America's Cold War economy did not end with it. Accordino examines how economic interests and powerful political forces in the federal... 15. Warhogs: A History of War Profits in America » Read Now by Stuart D. Brandes. 371 pgs. ...The author masterfully blends intellectual, economic, and military history into a fascinating discussion of a great moral question for generations of Americans: Can some... 16. Eisenhower's War of Words: Rhetoric and Leadership ("New Light on Eisenhower's Farewell Address" p. 322) » Read Now by Martin J. Medhurst. 322 pgs. ...Griffin argues that the warning about the military-industrial complex "illlustrates Eisenhowers hidden hand rhetorical...Although the president warned that this new "... » Click here for more books and articles on the military-industrial complex

Add to this Hilary Clinton has sold out to the weapons industry and is receiveing huge contributions from these people, who hope to get future government contracts.