MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008055836
003 DLC
005 20090114101241.0
008 090112s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008055836
020 $a9781845531614 (hb)
020 $a9781845531621 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aBT736.2$b.H46 2009
082 00 $a956.7044/31$222
100 1 $aHerbert, T. Walter$q(Thomas Walter),$d1938-
245 10 $aFaith-based war :$bfrom 9/11 to catastrophic success in Iraq /$cT. Walter Herbert.
260 $aLondon ;$aOakville, CT :$bEquinox Pub. Ltd.,$c2009.
263 $a0911
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aReligion and violence
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Faith-based war -- Catastrophic success -- American blindspot -- Religious trauma -- America the beautiful -- Defending God's chosen -- City on a hill -- Alternative cities -- Amalek -- Limitless divine sanction -- Land of promise -- Wine of astonishment -- Rival traditions -- The fire of freedom -- The shining city as God -- Christian soldiers -- The president as mystic -- Drinking the kool aid -- Conquest as liberation -- Saddam asHitler -- Unreal cities -- Avenging angel -- Saint George -- Christlike sacrifice -- The wrath of the Lamb -- Six-gun saviors -- Make-believe cowboys -- Messiahs on horseback -- Six-gun saviors in the White House -- Moral clarity and moral collapse -- Shock and awe -- Moral clarity in battle -- Dead certainty -- Shaken souls -- A theology of torture -- Advertising the dark side -- A theology of torture -- Unamerican activities -- Coda: Hooded man.
650 0 $aWar$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aExecutive power$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-