03932nam 2200733 a 450 991081027510332120200520144314.01-107-18990-X1-281-77580-097866117758030-511-42383-70-511-49917-50-511-42431-00-511-42266-00-511-42200-80-511-42332-2(CKB)1000000000542543(EBL)355429(OCoLC)476178182(SSID)ssj0000235405(PQKBManifestationID)11924759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235405(PQKBWorkID)10248622(PQKB)10654245(UkCbUP)CR9780511499173(MiAaPQ)EBC355429(Au-PeEL)EBL355429(CaPaEBR)ebr10246221(CaONFJC)MIL177580(EXLCZ)99100000000054254320080506d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReligion and American foreign policy, 1945-1960 the soul of containment /William InbodenCambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20081 online resource (xi, 356 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-15630-0 0-521-51347-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-329) and index.Hopes deferred: Protestants and foreign policy, 1945--1952 -- Unity dissolved: Protestants and foreign policy, 1953-1960 -- The "real" Truman Doctrine: Harry Truman's theology of containment -- To save China: Protestant missionaries and Sino-American relations -- Guided by God: the unusual decision-making of Senator H. Alexander Smith -- Chosen by God: John Foster Dulles and America -- Prophet, priest, and president: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the new American faith.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.Cold WarChristianity and politicsUnited StatesProtestant churchesHistory20th centuryReligion and politicsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCivil religionUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1953United StatesForeign relations1953-1961Cold War.Christianity and politicsProtestant churchesHistoryReligion and politicsHistoryCivil religionHistory973.91Inboden William1972-1628393MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810275103321Religion and American foreign policy, 1945-19603965509UNINA