Title: Religion and American foreign policy, 1945-1960
First published: 2008
Description: "The Cold War was in many ways a religious war. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and other American leaders believed that human rights and freedoms were endowed by God, that God had called the United States to defend liberty in the world, and that Soviet communism was especially evil because of its atheism and its enmity to religion. Truman and Eisenhower attempted to construct a new civil religion. This public theology was used to mobilize domestic support for Cold War measures, to determine the strategic boundaries of containment, to appeal to people of all religious faiths around the world to unite against communism, and to undermine the authority of communist governments within their own countries."--Jacket.
Subjects: History, Political and social views, Religion, Foreign relations, Cold War, Christianity and politics, Civil religion, Religion and politics, Protestant churches, Truman, harry s., 1884-1972, Eisenhower, dwight d. (dwight david), 1890-1969, United states, foreign relations, 1945-1961
Places: United States
People: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
Time periods: 20th century, 1945-1953, 1953-1961
LC classification: E813 .I54 2008