The Influence Of Military-industrial Complex On The American Science During The Cold War

The military-industrial complex is one of most influential interest groups in the United States. It is the complex between military establishments in the American administrative department and military enterprise in private branch. The military-industrial complex developed rapidly in the cold war .It has had the profound influence on American society. This paper mainly discusses its impact on American scientific development.This article analyzes the impact of the military-industry complex on scientific development. It mainly includes reasons, specific performance and results. The function of the military- industrial complex should be discussed dialectically.This thesis is composed of five sections:Section 1 is an introduction. It mainly includes the origins of the military-industrial complex, related academic research and the significance of the research.Section 2 is the formation and development of the military-industrial complex and the military-industrial complex operates by "iron triangle".Section 3 shows reasons of the military-industrial complex impact of scientific development. It is largely attributable to the relation between military and science, the government and scientific and the arms race during the cold war.Section 4 centers on the specific performance of the military- industrial complex impact of scientific development. American scientific development mainly concentrates in the government department, the industrial sector and the universities. Because of different areas, the military-industrial complex influence in different ways. It creates the militarization of American scientific development.Section 5 sums up the thesis.