Sunday, August 31, 2003

Dianne Kirby. _Religion and the Cold War_. Cold War History Series. Posted here Sunday, August 31, 2003 at 10:41:47 AM       Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. xiv + 245 pp. Notes, index. $72.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-333-99398-5. Reviewed for H-Diplo by John T. McNay, Department of History, University of Cincinnati Exploring Religion's Place in the Cold War In the waning years of the nineteenth century, President William McKinley reported that he prayed for divine inspiration before deciding it was necessary that the United States maintain control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. Over a century later, speaking to a friendly Texas audience in January 2003, President George W. Bush argued "our nation is chosen by God and commissioned by history to be a model to the world." see h-hist list ********