James T. Patterson

“The depopulation of rural America at the time, accelerated by the technological revolution that was rendering farm labor superfluous, was one of…

— James T. Patterson

“In practice Truman's loyalty program was careless of civil liberties. The very word "loyalty" was problematic, encouraging zealots to bring charges on…

— James T. Patterson

“Less apparent at the time, but in many ways more problematic, were deep-seated structural developments in the work force. By the late…

— James T. Patterson

“In 1952 NBC put on its early morning "Today Show" featuring Dave Garroway. Before then the networks had assumed that few people…

— James T. Patterson

“Everything finally unraveled for McCarthy in early 1954. In March and April, Edward R. Murrow, a widely respected investigative reporter, ran a…

— James T. Patterson

“During the racial confrontations of the 1960s, An American Dilemma encountered rising criticism from activists and scholars who disputed Myrdal's optimism about…

— James T. Patterson

“Johnson demanded not only loyalty but also subservience from people around him. To humiliate and even to frighten others was to heighten…

— James T. Patterson

“Although Truman and his advisers still hoped to ameliorate gathering tensions, they made only half-hearted efforts to accommodate the Soviets, or even…

— James T. Patterson

“Jack, however, was persuaded by an aide to telephone King's wife, Coretta, to express his sympathy. At the same time, Bobby (unbeknownst…

— James T. Patterson

“As Ellison's black protagonist exclaimed in Invisible Man, "You ache with the need to convince yourself that you do exist in the…

— James T. Patterson

“fact, there was no such thing at that time—or later—as a "missile gap," a phrase that Democrats and others flung at the…

— James T. Patterson