Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945–1960

William, III Inboden

Cambridge University Press, 2008

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521513470
ISBN-10
0521513472
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
Publication date
2008-08-25
Pages
372
Dimensions
229x152x28
Weight
720