American wartime propaganda defined suburbia itself as what the war was fought for

Evidence

Even the government made the home a key part of the call to arms. In a 1942 radio drama sponsored by the Office of Facts and Figures, the agency responsible for explaining the war effort to the public, a boy and a girl talked about their dream of bliss. “That’s one of the things this war’s about,” the boy said. “About us?” the girl asked. “About all young people like us,” the boy replied. “About love and gettin’ hitched, and havin’ a home and some kids, and breathin’ fresh air out in the suburbs … about livin’ and workin’ decent, like free people.” — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 140

Categorization

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Broader Connections

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