ocr: The enormous US military-industrial complex dates from the years since 1945.Before then, the armed forces were small in number,poorly E0 - quippedand rapidly dismantled at the end of wars. - Defense spending has peaked three times since 1945:at the time ofthe Korean war in the 1950s, during the 1963-1973 Vietnam war and again in the lefense buildup of 1979-1986. A combination of - the end of the Cold War and need to - cut the budget deficit means lefense spending has been cut in the 1990s. In real terms,iti - is now at its lowest level since 1945.This is having one unanticipated but troubling ...
