The spiritual-industrial complex: America's religious battle against communism in the early Cold War
In his farewell address, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the nation of the perils of the military-industrial complex. But as Jonathan Herzog shows in this insightful history, Eisenhower had spent his presidency contributing to another, lesser known, Cold War collaboration: the spiritual-industrial complex. This fascinating volume shows that American leaders in the early Cold War years considered the conflict to be profoundly religious; they saw Communism not only as godless but also as a sinister f…
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- Full title :The spiritual-industrial complex : America's religious battle against communism in the early Cold War / Jonathan P. Herzog.
Summary
In his farewell address, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the nation of the perils of the military-industrial complex. But as Jonathan Herzog shows in this insightful history, Eisenhower had spent his presidency contributing to another, lesser known, Cold War collaboration: the spiritual-industrial complex. This fascinating volume shows that American leaders in the early Cold War years considered the conflict to be profoundly religious; they saw Communism not only as godless but also as a sinister form of religion. Fighting faith with faith, they deliberately used religious beliefs and institutions.
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- Publication Date:c 2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:c 2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (273 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199830749, 0199830746, 6613147915, 9786613147912, 1283147912, 9781283147910
- oclc:ocn733323517
- LC Classification:E744
- Dewey Decimal:973.921
Table of Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- A colossus of straw -- Enemy -- Political institutions -- Security institutions -- Societal institutions -- The renewal, the critics, and the unraveling -- The remains -- Epilogue.
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