God and Uncle Sam - 9781783275045

God and Uncle SamReligion and America's Armed Forces in World War II\nAuthor(s): Michael Snape\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781783275045, 978-1783275045\nSynopsis\nWINNER: 2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award\n\nAn authoritative and timely book shedding new light on the role of religion during World War II and its impact on post-war American society.\n\nAmerica's armed forces played a critical part in the defeat of Hitler's Germany and made by far the biggest contribution to the Allied defeat of Japan. In the US, military veterans of World War II are widely revered as the foremost representatives of 'the greatest generation', a generation that vanquished fascism in Europe and the Far East, faced down the threat of communism during the Cold War, and achieved unprecedented levels of prosperity and social mobility in their own society. Elsewhere, America's service men and women are often remembere.