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From Jeremiad to Jihad : Religion, Violence, and America / / John D. Carlson, Jonathan H. Ebel
| From Jeremiad to Jihad : Religion, Violence, and America / / John D. Carlson, Jonathan H. Ebel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| Disciplina | 201.763320973 |
| Soggetto topico |
United States - Religion
United States -- Religion Violence - Religious aspects Violence -- Religious aspects Violence - United States Violence -- United States Violence - Religious aspects - United States Violence |
| Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american experience american history christianity cultural history formative moments jeremiad jihad law enforcement modern history order and meaning political history religion and culture religious historians religious history religious identities religious institutions religious rituals religious texts religious violence revolution secession terrorism united states violent history war |
| ISBN |
1-280-49193-0
9786613587169 0-520-95153-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction. John Brown, Jeremiad, and Jihad: Reflections on Religion, Violence, and America -- 1. From King Philip's War to September 11: Religion, Violence, and the American Way -- 2. A Nation Birthed in Blood: Violent Cosmogonies and American Film -- 3. From Covenant to Crusade and Back: American Christianity and the Late Great War -- 4. From Jeremiad to Manifesto: The Rhetorical Evolution of John Foster Dulles's "Massive Retaliation" -- 5. American Providence, American Violence -- 6. New Israel, New Amalek: Biblical Exhortations to Religious Violence -- 7. Religion and Violence in Black and White -- 8. State Violence and the Un-American West: Mormons, American Indians, and Cults -- 9. Alma White's Bloodless Warfare: Women and Violence in U.S. Religious History -- 10. Of Tragedy and Its Aftermath: The Search for Religious Meaning in the Shootings at Virginia Tech -- 11. A Just or Holy War of Independence? The Revolution's Legacy for Religion, Violence, and American Exceptionalism -- 12. Why War Is a Moral Necessity for America: Realism, Sacrifice, and the Civil War -- 13. Contemporary Warfare and American Efforts at Restraint -- 14. Enemies Near and Far. The United States and Its Muslim Allies in Radical Islamist Discourse -- 15. Varieties of "Violence": Thinking Ethically about the Use of Force in the War on Terror -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790109903321 |
| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The soldier and the changing state [[electronic resource] ] : building democratic armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas / / Zoltan Barany
| The soldier and the changing state [[electronic resource] ] : building democratic armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas / / Zoltan Barany |
| Autore | Barany Zoltan D |
| Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (471 p.) |
| Disciplina | 322/.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil-military relations
Armed Forces - Reorganization |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1947 Partition
Argentina Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana British colonial rule Chile Cold War El Salvador European Union Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Hezbollah Hungary India independence Indonesia Japan Lebanese Armed Forces Lebanese civil war NATO Pakistan independence Portugal Portuguese civilЭilitary relations Romania Royal Thai Armed Forces Russia Russian military politics Shi'a Islamist organization Slovenia South Africa South Korea Soviet Union Spain Spanish military Tanzania Territorial Defense Force Thailand Yemen apartheid armed forces army building authoritarianism civil war civilian control civilЭilitary relations civiЭilitary relations colonialism communism communist regime consolidated democracy democracy democratic armies democratic army democratic civilЭilitary relations democratic control democratic governance democratic regimes democratic transition democratization democratizing regimes fascist dictatorship formative moments free elections military dictators military elites military politics military rule party-state political autonomy political environments political presence postcommunism postwar Germany praetorian elites praetorianism regime change reunification single political entity state formation state transformation state-builders war |
| ISBN |
9786613852434
1-4008-4549-1 1-283-53998-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- What does a democratic military look like? -- Building democratic armies after war -- After World War II: Germany, Japan, and Hungary -- After civil war: Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, and Lebanon regime change -- After military rule in Europe: Spain, Portugal, and Greece -- After military rule in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala -- After military rule in Asia: South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia -- After state-socialism in Europe: Slovenia, Russia, and Romania -- State transformation -- After colonial rule in Asia: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh -- After colonial rule in Africa: Ghana, Tanzania, and Botswana -- After (re)unification and apartheid: Germany, South Africa, and Yemen -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790959503321 |
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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