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