Iron Triangle

Iron Triangle

Iron Triangle may refer to:

Geographical

* The Iron Triangle (Vietnam), the name U.S. forces in the Vietnam War gave to the Communist stronghold region northwest of Saigon
** "The Iron Triangle", a 1989 movie set in the Vietnam war
* The Iron Triangle (Korea), used during the Korean War to describe an area in Korea bounded by Ch'orwon, Kumhwa, and Pyonggang. It straddles the central part of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
* Iron Triangle, Richmond, California, a neighborhood bounded on its three sides by railroad tracks
* Willets Point, Queens, New York, known as "Iron Triangle" for its metal works
* The Iron Triangle, a name given to the iron-producing region of South Australia, bounded by the towns of Port Augusta, Port Pirie and Whyalla

Political

* Iron triangle, a concept in U.S. politics which refers to a three-sided relationship between Congress, a Federal department or agency, and a particular industry: especially, the Military-industrial complex
**"", a 1981 book by Gordon Adams
**"", a 2003 book by Dan Briody
* "Iron Triangle", a term used to refer to three core members of President George W. Bush's political inner circle: Karl Rove, Joe Allbaugh, and Karen Hughes
*"Iron triangle", a term used to describe the government of occupied Japan under the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers after World War II, with the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), "keiretsu", and the bureaucracy forming the iron triangle
* More generally, any self reinforcing power structure, whether intentional or accidental, formal or informal.

Project management

* The Iron Triangle for Projects (see Project triangle), a project management concept


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