America's post-World War II period is often portrayed as a time of affluence
and contentment, but fear of atomic war and Communist infiltration also marked
the era and affected the decisions Americans made about their lives and futures.
Fear of atomic bomb attacks on the nation's cities helped motivate people to
move to the relative safety of the suburbs. Some Americans built fallout
shelters to protect their families while others, shocked by the prospect of
nuclear annihilation at any moment, sought to live for the present.
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