Introduction
Part I: Roots
Ch : A Colossus of Straw
Ch 2: Enemy
Part II Mobilization
Ch 3: Public Servants
Ch 4: Security Analysts, Soldiers, and Propagandists
Ch 5: Educators, Media, Big Business, and Citizen Groups
Part III Consequences
Ch 6: The Renewal, Its Critics, and Its Unraveling
Ch 7: The Remains
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Jonathan P. Herzog is a member of the U.S. Foreign Service. Prior to joining the State Department, he held positions at Stanford University, the Hoover Institution, and the University of Oregon. He holds a Ph.D. in American history from Stanford.
"Jonathan Herzog provides [an] excellent overview of the larger
story of religion in the early Cold War years and its influence of
American foreign policy...Herzog provides expansive and effective
scholarly explanations of the overarching narrative."--Journal of
Cold War Studies
"A valuable scholarly contribution to what appears an emerging
subgenre of Cold War studies focused on the role of religion.
Herzog builds on existing scholarship, adding a great deal of
detail and new material from a wide range of sources and archives
that he has effectively mined to produce a compelling narrative,
informed by thought-provoking perspectives. Erudite, well written,
and a very good read, the book will appeal to a wide audience. It
will fascinate
and entertain scholars within the field as well as a more general
readership."--American Historical Review
"Jonathan Herzog skillfully illuminates how religion shaped the
rhetoric, symbols, and policies of the early Cold War. In the
United States, battling Communism became a purposefully
orchestrated campaign for the soul of humankind."--Melvyn P.
Leffler, University of Virginia
"Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, The
Spiritual-Industrial Complex makes a valuable contribution to our
growing understanding of the important role of religion in U.S.
politics and foreign relations in the twentieth century. With an
eye for vivid detail, Jonathan Herzog shows how politicians,
priests, ministers, businessmen, editors, and other civic leaders
defined the United States in contrast to the atheistic Soviet
Union, sincerely
exhorted Americans to revive their religious faith, and employed
religion as a weapon in the conflict between democracy and
communism."--David S. Foglesong, author of The American Mission and
the "Evil Empire"
"This detailed account of the uses American politicians made of
religion during the early Cold War casts much needed light on the
dynamics of secularization and anti-secularization. Herzog also
shows how the religion-in-general enthusiasms of the Eisenhower era
were supplanted by the more sectarian impulses of the Religious
Right of the Reagan Era."--David A. Hollinger, University of
California, Berkeley
"Jonathan Herzog's The Spiritual-Industrial Complex is an
eye-opening account of the role organized religion played in
fomenting anti-communism in early Cold War America. Every chapter
is anchored by brilliant new research. This book is destined to be
a Cold War history classic."--Douglas Brinkley, Rice University
"Herzog's insights into the early years of the cold war are
impressive, and the meticulously researched work represents a solid
contribution to both the history of that era and the history of
religion in America."--Publishers Weekly
"This is really a great book that reveals much new material about a
crucial epoch in U.S. history"--Al Menendez, Voice of Reason
"Herzog convincingly and articulately reveals the
institutionalization of the Cold War dichotomy."--CHOICE
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