C. wright mills called the top people in u. s. corporations, the military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions the

a. intelligentsia

b. bourgeoisie

c. nation's finest

d. power elite

The term used by Wright Mills to refer to the people who were on the top in US corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions was "power elite". The Power Elite was a book he wrote in 1956 which calls attention to the interests of the leaders in the society and suggests that ordinary people are powerless subjects of manipulation.