Overview
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.
- | By (Author): William, Iii Inboden
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 25, 2008
- | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
- | Number of Pages: 372 pages
- | Language: Not Available
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-10: 0521513472
- | ISBN-13: 9780521513470