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100	1		_aNutt, Rick.
245	1	3	_aAn historical study of United States religious responses to the Vietnam War _h[electronic resource] : _ba matter of national morality / _cRick L. Nutt ; with a foreword by Randall Balmer.
260			_aLewiston : _bEdwin Mellen Press, _cc2012.
300			_a1 online resource (610 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- A "preservation and extension of freedom:" background of the Vietnam War and religious attitudes toward U.S. foreign policy -- "Let every person be subject to governing:" religious leaders and organizations supporting United States policy in Vietnam -- "One could regret the killing and insist that it should continue:" denominational support for the Vietnam War -- "Our action in Vietnam falls within international law and the laws of war:" just war defense of the United States in the Vietnam War and the embrace of exceptionalism -- "Some are guilty, all are responsible:" liberal ecumenical para-religious organizations assess the morality of the Vietnam War -- "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government": other Christian and Jewish organizations and leaders respond to the morality of the Vietnam War -- "Moral outrage over this war is simply not an emotion shared by the Nixon majority:" issues confronted by para-religious organizations and individuals during the Vietnam War -- "Does our nation need restraining by other nations?:" denominations questioning the morality of the Vietnam War Old-line Protestant denominational statements up to the Tet Offensive -- "The profound moral dimensions of the war and the chasm this opened in U.S. public opinion:" opposing the war with moral arguments and a new understanding of exceptionalism -- "The American ghetto and the Hanoi operation were a single enterprise:" rejecting the belief in United States morality and exceptionalism -- Conclusion.
520			_aA historical analysis of the how various American religious groups responded to the Vietnam war, both in support and in opposition.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _zUnited States.
650		4	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _zUnited States.
650		4	_aVietnam War, 1961- 1975 _xReligious aspects.
650		4	_aVietnam War, 1961- 1975.
650		4	_aHistory.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / Vietnam War _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aNutt, Rick L _tAn Historical Study of United States Religious Responses to the Vietnam War : A Matter of National Morality _dLewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, c2011 _z9780773425699
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