A) Defense industrial base B) Corporate-state structure C) Military-industrial-media network D) Power elite complex
A) President, Supreme Court, and military B) Intelligence agencies, think tanks, and corporations C) Media, military, and academia D) Congress, executive branch, and interest groups
A) Charles Wright Mills B) Steven Best C) Matthew Brummer D) James Der Derian
A) Anime-industrial complex B) Manga Military C) Virtuous war complex D) Corporate-state structure
A) A mirage of high-tech, low-risk virtuous wars B) A profit-driven prison expansion C) A global array of corporate-state structures D) An avalanche of misinformation
A) Ray McGovern B) Charles Wright Mills C) Elon Musk D) Joe Biden
A) The triumph of profit motive over rational policy B) The decline of the prison system C) The superiority of democratic institutions D) The need for increased defense spending
A) Marketing of processed foods involving greenwashing B) The growth of sustainable farming C) The expansion of the military D) The pharmaceutical industry
A) Green-industrial complex B) Climate-industrial complex C) Environmental-industrial complex D) Energy-industrial complex
A) The rise of authoritarian governments B) Global economic collapse C) An avalanche of misinformation and disinformation D) Lack of innovation in the defense sector
A) Jeff Bezos B) Ray McGovern C) Matthew Brummer D) Charles Wright Mills
A) The CIA propaganda program B) The virtual war initiative C) Facebook's fact-checking program D) The Manga Military program
A) The Soviet Union's major role in World War II B) The invention of the iron triangle C) The definition of the military-industrial complex D) The 2008 financial crisis origins
A) As a formal legal term B) As a compliment for scientists C) As a strictly academic definition D) As a pejorative
A) David S. Rohde B) Vladimir Lenin C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Joseph Stalin
A) Its precise legal definition B) Its endorsement by world leaders C) Its historical accuracy D) Its rhetorical flexibility
A) Lack of historical evidence B) Its utility as a rhetorical Rorschach blot C) Conflicting government regulations D) Translation errors from French
A) Gorbachov B) Lenin C) Eisenhower D) Stalin
A) To improve market competition B) To save money on military contracts C) To increase overall production efficiency D) To prevent them from cooperating against him
A) They eliminated the need for a command economy B) They gained more from cheating each other than cooperating C) They successfully created a free market economy D) They united to overthrow his government
A) Decentralized allocation B) Heavy militarization C) Rapid market expansion D) Complete transparency
A) National security B) Consumer demand C) Global trade requirements D) Democratic oversight
A) The Pentagon Papers B) The Cold War Files C) Why We Fight D) The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Paul Kennedy C) William Proxmire D) George W. Bush
A) The Vietnam War spending B) The Pentagon budget request C) The C-5A Galaxy cost overruns D) Dick Cheney / Halliburton
A) 75 percent B) 50 percent C) 25 percent D) 90 percent
A) J. Paul Dunne B) William Proxmire C) A. Ernest Fitzgerald D) Paul Kennedy
A) Congressional pushovers B) Military-industrial expansion C) Monopsonistic market structure D) Imperial overstretch
A) Monopsonistic structure B) Free market capitalism C) Perfect competition D) Government-led nationalization
A) Paul Kennedy B) Elisabeth Sköns C) William Proxmire D) A. Ernest Fitzgerald
A) SR-71 Blackbird B) C-5A Galaxy C) B-2 Spirit D) F-35 Lightning
A) A. Ernest Fitzgerald B) Paul Kennedy C) Dick Cheney D) William Proxmire
A) A strict auditor B) A hostile adversary C) A check and balance D) A pushover
A) Frequently rejected it B) Demanded budget cuts annually C) Systematically audited it D) Rarely opposed it
A) The private contractors B) The military officials C) The government D) The taxpayers
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Ralph E. Williams C) Winfield W. Riefler D) C. Wright Mills
A) Boeing B) Lockheed Aircraft C) Dow Chemical D) Honeywell
A) Power Through Purpose B) The Power Elite C) Efficiency in Death D) Pentagon Capitalism
A) The Peace Dividend Act B) Mansfield Amendment C) The Defense Conversion Act D) The Eisenhower Act
A) Educational reform initiatives B) Important civilian work C) Government diplomatic efforts D) The development of space travel
A) Public-private partnership B) Technological innovation C) Corporate welfare D) Economic necessity
A) Malcolm Moos B) Noam Chomsky C) Seymour Melman D) John Kenneth Galbraith
A) National security B) Technological progress C) False consciousness D) Economic efficiency
A) Council on Economic Priorities B) Institute for Policy Studies C) Brookings Institution D) NARMIC
A) Both sides benefit financially or through equipment B) Legislative mandates requiring industrial cooperation C) A desire for global expansion D) The need to maintain absolute secrecy
A) Linda Weiss B) Ann Markusen C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Steve J. Rosen
A) Technological innovation B) Economic research C) Military recruitment D) Media production
A) Steve J. Rosen B) Ann Markusen C) C. Wright Mills D) Linda Weiss |