James T. Patterson

“As it turned out Miranda did not much change the practices of law enforcement: police and prosecutors managed to figure out ways…

— James T. Patterson

“Starting in 1964, average scores on Scholastic Aptitude Tests went steadily down, and per student spending went steadily up.33”

— James T. Patterson

“Developments during the war unleashed a fantastically growing pharmaceuticals industry and hastened research that culminated in the arrival of the first digital…

— James T. Patterson

“Congress, responding with patriotic fervor, approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, as it was called, with only desultory debate.”

— James T. Patterson

“ALL THESE CONFRONTATIONS PALED before the outbreak of urban riots in 1966 and 1967. There were thirty-eight riots in 1966, the most…

— James T. Patterson

“On Flag Day in 1954 Eisenhower signed legislation that added the phrase "one nation under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance as…

— James T. Patterson

“Prominent opponents of the war, among them Dr. Spock and the Reverend William Sloane Coffin, openly counseled young men to resist the…

— James T. Patterson

“The John Birch Society, mobilizing in 1958, focused considerable resources on impeaching Warren and on curbing the authority of the Court.”

— James T. Patterson

“The contagion of rights-consciousness especially attracted women, who grew more politically engaged than they had been since the achievement of women's suffrage…

— James T. Patterson

“The 1950s witnessed especially rapid expansion of electronic and electrical firms, of tobacco, soft drink, and food-processing companies, and of the chemical,…

— James T. Patterson

“Most of the blacks who took part in the riots of 1966 and 1967 apparently did not expect much in the way…

— James T. Patterson

“As Melvin Laird, his Defense Secretary, recalled, "Every effort was made to create an economic boom for the 1972 election. The Defense…

— James T. Patterson

“A second key decision by Kennedy concerned his Catholicism, which led many Protestants, including Norman Vincent Peale, to question whether he ought…

— James T. Patterson

“The Democratic convention that took place in Chicago in late August turned out to be such a wild and bloody affair that…

— James T. Patterson

“Perhaps the most prominent young radical in the early 1960s was Tom Hayden, a University of Michigan student who had worked with…

— James T. Patterson

“For these reasons the Vietnam-era army (unlike the armies that had fought in World War II or Korea) consisted disproportionately of the…

— James T. Patterson

“AFTER WINNING THE ELECTION Eisenhower went as promised to Korea, where he spent three days on the front. He returned convinced that…

— James T. Patterson

“Thanks in part to the rapid mechanization of cotton production in the early 1940s, which ultimately threw millions of farm laborers out…

— James T. Patterson

“All this is to offer the heresy that the role of presidential leadership, yet another shadow cast by the Roosevelt years, is…

— James T. Patterson

“Reporters were ill paid in those days and lacked the resources in staff or money to dig deeply into McCarthy's charges. The…

— James T. Patterson

“William O'Neill, another historian, observed wryly that many universities prior to the rise of student unrest had at least required hard work…

— James T. Patterson

“World War II did more than usher in unparalleled prosperity for the United States. It transformed America's foreign relations. The war devastated…

— James T. Patterson

“All the structural problems that economists had warned about coalesced after 1973–74 to jolt American life. These included sagging productivity, declining competitiveness…

— James T. Patterson

“In 1963 activists demanding racial justice forced President Kennedy to come out for civil rights legislation. Within a year and a half…

— James T. Patterson

“By 1955 thirteen states had passed laws regulating the publication, distribution, and sale of comic books. Leading intellectuals, including C. Wright Mills,…

— James T. Patterson

“Governor Reagan delivered perhaps the most famous one-liner. A hippie, he said, is someone who "dresses like Tarzan, has hair like Jane,…

— James T. Patterson

“December 6 a nationally televised test of the Vanguard missile proved deeply embarrassing. The missile rose two feet off the ground and…

— James T. Patterson

“Thanks in part to the commission, Kennedy issued an executive order ending sex discrimination in the federal civil service. In 1963 he…

— James T. Patterson

“A year later Congress endorsed this approach by approving legislation that added the words "In God We Trust" to American currency.59”

— James T. Patterson

“For political matters Kennedy relied heavily on able strategists—critics called them the Irish Mafia—such as Kenneth O'Donnell and Lawrence O'Brien.”

— James T. Patterson

“By 1971 the United States had an unfavorable balance of international trade for the first time since 1893.”

— James T. Patterson

“Veteran political observers were astonished and shaken by the powerful emotions that Kennedy aroused. Kennedy capped his exciting run with a close…

— James T. Patterson

“Marshall made it clear that the United States required joint proposals of needs from the European countries, as part of a European…

— James T. Patterson

“GM had assets greater than those of Argentina and revenues eight times those of New York State. (Defense Secretary Wilson had had…

— James T. Patterson

“This is not to say, as some have, that American decisions between 1954 and 1956 (and later in the Eisenhower years) made…

— James T. Patterson

“By 10:00 P.M. it decided to pull out all the stops: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. An early election-eve edition of the San Francisco…

— James T. Patterson

“Responding to these pressures from the Right, Eisenhower had announced that the United States would remove its Seventh Fleet from the straits…

— James T. Patterson

“The unemployment rate rose between 1968 and 1970 from 3.6 to 4.9 percent—a jump of more than 33 percent. The consumer price…

— James T. Patterson

“It then became obvious that ethnic differences (like class distinctions) refused to boil away. Even fairly well established groups, such as Irish-Americans,…

— James T. Patterson

“Even more than in the 1950s, it seemed that there were no limits. As these expectations expanded, millions of Americans began not…

— James T. Patterson