Militarism and Grass-Roots Involvement in the Military-Industrial Complex

Data from a survey of 381 men in the New London, Connecticut area are analyzed with a view to learning whether people involved in the military-industrial complex (either formerly, as with veterans, or presently, as with defense workers) are more likely than those not involved to have "belligerent" opinions on foreign policy. The results indicate that military-industrial involvement and belligerence are associated, and further, that the relationship is probably causal rather than a result of self-selection alone.