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100 1  Preston, Andrew,|d1973- 
245 10 Sword of the spirit, shield of faith :|breligion in 
       American war and diplomacy /|cAndrew Preston. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2012. 
300    xi, 815 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-777) and 
       index. 
505 0  Pt. 1: In the beginning. Defenders of the faith ; God is 
       an excellent man of war ; Wars of permanent reformation --
       Pt. 2: The American revelation. The harmony of the world 
       confounded ; Liberation theology -- Pt. 3: Imperial 
       destinies. Absolutist apostasies ; The benevolent empire, 
       at home and abroad ; Manifest Destiny and its discontents 
       -- Pt. 4: America's mission. Abraham Lincoln and the first
       war of humanitarian intervention ; Missionaries and the 
       imperialism of human rights ; An also chosen people ; Cuba,
       the Philippines, and the First Crusade -- Pt. 5: Woodrow 
       Wilson and the Second Crusade. The idealistic synthesis ; 
       Onward Christian soldiers ; The Wilsonian creed -- Pt. 6: 
       Franklin Roosevelt and the Third Crusade. Princes of peace
       and prophets of realism ; The simple faith of Franklin 
       Roosevelt ; The Holocaust and the moral meaning of the war
       ; Spiritual diplomacy ; The church unmilitant ; John 
       Foster Dulles and the quest for a just and durable peace -
       - Pt. 7: The Cold War and the Fourth Crusade. The faith of
       Harry Truman and the theology of George Kennan ; High 
       priests of the Cold War : Eisenhower and the second coming
       of Dulles ; The great schism and the myth of consensus -- 
       Pt. 8: Reformation and counterreformation. The 
       revolutionary church in a revolutionary age ; The valley 
       of the shadow of death ; Get thee behind me, Satan ; A 
       Judeo-Christian foreign policy ; Ronald the Lionheart -- 
       Epilogue: The last crusade? 
520    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.--From publisher 
       description. 
650  0 Religion and international relations|zUnited States
       |xHistory. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|xReligious aspects. 
651  0 United States|xMilitary policy|xReligious aspects. 
651  0 United States|xHistory, Military|xReligious aspects. 
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