“The prescription for an ‘alert and knowledgeable citizenry’ is perhaps the strongest rationale for the continuing vitality of Eisenhower’s speech—albeit for reasons he may not have anticipated.” President Eisenhower delivered his farewell address 53 years ago today. Have Eisenhower’s worst fears come to pass? Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. doesn’t think so. He explains in this weeks From the Archive Friday selection.
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