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 InfoWestport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2003.
Descriptionxxxiii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesContributions 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-303) and index.
LCCN 2002032996
ISBN0313318387 (alk. paper)