“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 Copy Share Image
“Scientists expected that the Super, a fusion or "thermonuclear" weapon, would be an awesomely destructive horror that could unleash the equivalent of… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“But the sluggishness of the economy widened the gulf between grand expectations and the real limits of progress, undercutting the all-important sense… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Beginning in the late 1940s, the current of people fleeing from farm to town and city swelled into a flood—one of the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Starting in 1964, average scores on Scholastic Aptitude Tests went steadily down, and per student spending went steadily up.33” — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“The 1950s witnessed especially rapid expansion of electronic and electrical firms, of tobacco, soft drink, and food-processing companies, and of the chemical, plastics, and… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Thanks in part to the rapid mechanization of cotton production in the early 1940s, which ultimately threw millions of farm laborers out of work,… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Polls indicated that while women were growing increasingly sensitive about gender discrimination, only a small minority liked to be called "feminists." The majority of… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Though the ending is schmaltzy, there was bite enough in the film to distinguish it from a Norman Rockwell vision of the nation. The… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Along with the booming economy, which after 1962 seemed capable of almost anything, the magnified mystique of the presidency stimulated ever-greater expectations among liberals… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“A rock concert at a farm in Bethel, New York, in 1969 attracted some 400,000 people who wallowed happily about in the rain, some… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Jack, however, was persuaded by an aide to telephone King's wife, Coretta, to express his sympathy. At the same time, Bobby (unbeknownst to Jack)… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“By 1955 thirteen states had passed laws regulating the publication, distribution, and sale of comic books. Leading intellectuals, including C. Wright Mills, praised Wertham's efforts.70” — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“The three decades following the Second World War were prolific breeders of myth. The two great military victories on opposite sides of the globe,… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“But the Great Society did not do nearly as much to improve the economic standing of people as did the extraordinary growth of the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Still, it is a stretch to regard the beats as initiating a major cultural trend in the late 1950s, let alone to see them… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
