Religion and american foreign policy, 1945–1960: the soul of containment
Auteur :
Inboden, William, III
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521156301
Date de publication :
31 mars 2010
Dimensions :
22,7 x 15,9 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
540 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Presidents Truman and Eisenhower, and many other American leaders, opposed communism because of its hostility to religion. American Protestant churches were divided, and so American political leaders constructed a new civil religion to mobilize domestic support, determine the boundaries of containment, unite people against communism, and undermine communist governments abroad.