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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

Author

Preston, Andrew, 1973- author

Publisher

Toronto: Vintage Canada

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780676977431

Subjects

Christian, History, Language Learning

Rating

4 / 5 (75 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13