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Religion and American foreign policy, 1945-1960 : the soul of containment /
The Cold War was in many ways a religious war. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and other American leaders believed that human rights and freedom were endowed by God, that God had called the United States to defend liberty, and that Soviet communism was evil because of its atheism and enmity to reli...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Cold War was in many ways a religious war. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and other American leaders believed that human rights and freedom were endowed by God, that God had called the United States to defend liberty, and that Soviet communism was evil because of its atheism and enmity to religion. Along with security and economic concerns, these religious convictions helped determine both how the United States defined the enemy and how it fought the conflict. Meanwhile, American Protestant churches failed to seize the moment. Internal differences over theology and politics, and resistance to cooperation with Catholics and Jews, hindered Protestant leaders domestically and internationally. Frustrated by these internecine disputes, Truman and Eisenhower attempted to construct a new civil religion to mobilize domestic support for Cold War measures, determine the strategic boundaries of containment, unite all religious faiths against communism, and to undermine the authority of communist governments abroad. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 356 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-329) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511423837 9780511423833 9780511424311 0511424310 9780521513470 0521513472 9780511422669 0511422660 9780511499173 0511499175 9780521156301 0521156300 1281775800 9781281775801 9786611775803 6611775803 0511422008 9780511422003 0511423322 9780511423321 |