The Mormon military experience: 1838 to the Cold War
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface: The Genesis of an Idea -- Introduction -- Book One: Nineteenth-Century Con icts and Mormon Exceptionalism -- 1. The Mormon Way of War: Teachings and Practice -- 2. A Civil Conflict in Missouri: 18...
| Resumo: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface: The Genesis of an Idea -- Introduction -- Book One: Nineteenth-Century Con icts and Mormon Exceptionalism -- 1. The Mormon Way of War: Teachings and Practice -- 2. A Civil Conflict in Missouri: 1838 -- 3. The Nauvoo Legion: Forging a Mormon Army -- 4. The Mormon Battalion: The Only Religious Unit in American History -- 5. Mormon Defiance: The Mormon Territorial Militia and the Utah War -- 6. The American Civil War: LDS Service and Postwar Frustration -- 7. Saints and Indians at War -- 8. Wars with Spain and the Philippines, 1898-1902: The End of Mormon Exceptionalism -- Photo Gallery -- Book Two: Twentieth-Century Con icts and the End of Mormon Exceptionalism -- 9. Intervention in Mexico, 1916: A Unique Mormon Story -- 10. World War I: Mormons Enter the Mainstream Ranks -- 11. World War II: Saints in the Global War -- 12. Early Cold War Conflicts: The Rise of the International Church -- 13. Southeast Asia: Defending Democracy and Expanding the Church -- 14. MX Missile Basing and LDS Opposition -- Epilogue: The Cold War and Beyond -- Appendix: Medal of Honor Citations -- World War I -- World War II -- Korean War -- Vietnam War -- Global War on Terrorism -- Chronology: The Mormon Military Experience, 1820-1896 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (369 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0700634339 |