Sword of the spirit, shield of faith : religion in American war and diplomacy /
A richly detailed story of how religion has influenced American foreign relations, told through the stories of the men and women, from presidents to preachers, who have plotted the country's course in the world. Ever since John Winthrop argued that the Puritans' new home would be "a c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A richly detailed story of how religion has influenced American foreign relations, told through the stories of the men and women, from presidents to preachers, who have plotted the country's course in the world. Ever since John Winthrop argued that the Puritans' new home would be "a city upon a hill," Americans' role in the world has been shaped by their belief that God has something special in mind for them. But this is a story that historians have mostly ignored. Now, in the first authoritative work on the subject, Andrew Preston explores the major strains of religious fervor, liberal and conservative, pacifist and militant, internationalist and isolationist, that framed American thinking on international issues from the earliest colonial wars to the twenty-first century, and he arrives at some startling conclusions. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 815 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400043231 1400043239 |