The cross and the trenches : religious faith and doubt among British and American great war soldiers / Richard Schweitzer.
| Author/creator | Schweitzer, Richard, 1964- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2003. |
| Description | xxxiii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contributions in military studies ; no. 225, 0883-6884 ; Contributions in military studies ; no. 225. ^A223060 |
| Contents | Pt. 1. Faith. The British and American churches and the war -- The spectrum of religious faith -- Chaplains -- Religion by rank -- Soldiers' religious responses within the narrative structure of battle -- Religion on the home front -- pt. 2. The costs of clerical nationalism, the Church of England's chaplains, the Roman Catholic converts, and the American YMCA -- The revival that never came, a conjecture -- The spectrum of religious doubt -- pt. 3. Coda. Woodrow Wilson and the prince of peace motif. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-303) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002032996 |
| ISBN | 0313318387 (alk. paper) |