LEADER 03989nam 22007332 450 001 9910453593803321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-18990-X 010 $a1-281-77580-0 010 $a9786611775803 010 $a0-511-42383-7 010 $a0-511-49917-5 010 $a0-511-42431-0 010 $a0-511-42266-0 010 $a0-511-42200-8 010 $a0-511-42332-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542543 035 $a(EBL)355429 035 $a(OCoLC)476178182 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235405 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924759 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235405 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248622 035 $a(PQKB)10654245 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511499173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC355429 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL355429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10246221 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL177580 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542543 100 $a20090309d2008|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReligion and American foreign policy, 1945-1960 $ethe soul of containment /$fWilliam Inboden$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 356 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-15630-0 311 $a0-521-51347-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-329) and index. 327 $aHopes 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. 330 $aThe 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. 517 3 $aReligion & American Foreign Policy, 1945-1960 606 $aCold War 606 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States$xProtestant churches$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aReligion and politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil religion$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1953 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1953-1961 615 0$aCold War. 615 0$aChristianity and politics$xProtestant churches$xHistory 615 0$aReligion and politics$xHistory 615 0$aCivil religion$xHistory 676 $a973.91 700 $aInboden$b William$f1972-$01027446 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453593803321 996 $aReligion and American foreign policy, 1945-1960$92442881 997 $aUNINA