ABSTRACT
Dwight David Eisenhower, reared on the Kansas frontier and the plains of West Point Military Academy, became famous as the commander of Allied forces in Western Europe during World War II. The most distinctive demographic development in the United States at mid-century was the expansion of the suburbs. During the 1950s, many social critics diagnosed American society as suffering from a terminal case of conformity. The appearance of giant shopping centers also heralded the economic transformation of suburbia. As sociologists found evidence of conformity in the American present, historians discovered evidence of consensus in the nation's past. In the 1952 campaign Eisenhower exploited the issues identified by the formula "K1C2" Korea, communism, and corruption. Economic expansion increased the demand for low-paid, qualified workers in service jobs, sales jobs, and especially office jobs. Dulles responded swiftly by arming an anti-Arbenz force that had gathered in neighboring Honduras.
