The fifties and sixties of the twentieth century are two of the most influential decades of American history. With out the events of the fifties the vibrant and rebellious sixties would have never been possible. Political, racial, and social tensions are what pushed many of the events that happened in the sixties. From teenage conformity to loosing to the Russians and sputnik in the space race the events of the fifties were screaming for a drastic change in America.
The political struggles of the fifties did not sit well with the American government. The truce of the Korean War in the early fifties led to the desire to regain our name of one of the superpowers in the world. When our second chance to stop the spread of communism in Asia arouse we jumped at the opportunity. With out the words of Douglas MacArthur saying, “In war there is no substitute for victory” we may have never had the mentality to go into Vietnam. With a crucial lose in the space race in 1957 when......
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