Talk:History of the United States (1945–1964)

This article lacks continuity and good writing style
This needs to be re-written in such a way that actually has a sequential time-line and doesn't bounce around with no underlying specific theme. The text is quite good but clearly an editor needs to paste it back together so it flows better. The schizophrenic back and forth between events is very distracting. This should read like a history, not a crossword. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.26.243 (talk) 07:05, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Neutrality
I see several issues with the article as it stands
 * "The period of U.S. history 1945-1964 is seen as a period of active foreign policy designed to rescue Europe from the devastation of World War II and from Communism"
 * This assumes that Communism is something people need to be saved from.
 * This also assumes that the US's intentions toward Europe were entirely altruistic
 * Allied soldiers were sent to Korea to fight the forces of Communism.
 * The phrase "forces of Communism" is imprecise and propagandaic.
 * "large fancy cars"
 * Somehow I don't believe the word fancy belongs in an encyclopedia.
 * "Inventions familiar in the early 21st century made their first appearance during this era."
 * All over the world, in fact.
 * "Householders enjoyed centrally heated homes with running hot water. New style furniture was bright, cheap, and light and easy to move around."
 * For middle-class Americans, at least. Poor Americans didn't enjoy the same comforts.

I didn't correct these yet because I wanted the contributors to be able to glance at it, plus the whole article probably needs a neutral rewrite. laddiebuck 16:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * For me:
 * "The period of U.S. history 1945-1964 is seen as a period of active foreign policy designed to the Containment of Communism"
 * "Allied soldiers were sent to Korea to fight the forces of North Korea and China.
 * --Duroy 15:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Further on the topic of inventions, the 50s and 60s, while rich in inventions, contributed overall much less than the Victorian age or the inter-war period, so that whole sentence should probably be deleted outright. laddiebuck 19:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

hot would would?
The following phrase appears in the "Containment" section and I can't for the life of me figure out what it's supposed to be: no hot would would be necessary. Could someone with better knowledge of the context figure this out? --Danger (talk) 19:25, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * maybe "no HOT WAR would be necessary" ie it would stay COLD war. Rjensen (talk) 01:24, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Alaska and Hawaii?
I'm surprised that the addition of two new states in 1959 is not mentioned at all in this article. &mdash;Gordon P. Hemsley&rarr; &#x2709; 00:36, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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Image in infobox
There seems to be some controversy on whether an image of Martin Luther King Jr. should be included in the infobox. I personally including an image is a visually appealing way to ground a historical infobox, and they have been including in many other articles that include Infobox: Historical era. I see there have been back and forth edits on other pages as well, which I was not aware of when i made my edit. Does anyone what to discuss what if anything they think is an appropriate image for a historical infobox? @GoodDay @Drdpw @Tscdrwh Bluealbion (talk) 01:23, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

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