Dwight D. Eisenhower - Farewell Speech - Address to the Nation - Military Industrial Complex Warning (January 17, 1961) War and Military Documentaries 16:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHDgsh6WPyc President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address, famed for its reference to the "military-industrial complex," is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Its meaning has been analyzed and debated by historians ever since. President Eisenhower delivered the speech on January 17, 1961. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/farewell-address