Ocupation: Sociologist
Life: August 28, 1916 - March 20, 1962
Birthday: August 28
Death: March 20
By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them.
source: C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Power Elite”, p.18, Oxford University Press
topic: Military, Power, Circles, Overlapping