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Loading... Spiritual Weapons: The Cold War and the Forging of an American National Religion (Religion, Politics, and Public Life Under the auspices of the Leonard ... Public Life, Trinity College, Hartford, CT)by T. Jeremy Gunn
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While some may argue that religion has & continues to influence U.S. foreign policy, others would argue that foreign policy has significantly influenced an American National Religion after 1947. Here, Gunn shows that in the wake of World War II, Americans quickly returned to their traditional peacetime suspicion of the military & engaged in disputes over capitalism. When Churchill delivered his Iron Curtain speech in 1946, the American press & American politicians panned it. Only one year later, the United States began to identify itself in reaction to the Soviet Union & its growing power and No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)201.72097309045Religions Religion Religious mythology, general classes of religion, interreligious relations and attitudes, social theology Attitudes of religions toward social issues Political affairsLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |