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Reagan's gun-toting nuns : the Catholic conflict over Cold War human rights policy in Central America
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This volume analyzes the role of intra-Catholic conflict within the framework of U.S. foreign policy formulation and execution during the Reagan administration. The book challenges the preponderanc...
This volume analyzes the role of intra-Catholic conflict within the framework of U.S. foreign policy formulation and execution during the Reagan administration. The book challenges the preponderance of scholarship on the administration that stresses the influence of evangelical Protestants on foreign policy toward Latin America. Especially in the case of U.S. engagement in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the book argues, the bitter debate between U.S. and Central American Catholics over the direction of the Catholic Church shaped President Reagan's foreign policy.
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- Creator
- Theresa Keeley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020
- ©2020
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (248 pages)
- ISBNs
- 1501750763, 9781501750779, 9788417950897, 9781501750755, 1501750771, 9781501750762, 1501750755
- OCLC
- on1126359804, on1191811306
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Catholic Divisions, U.S.–Central America Policy, and the Cold War -- 1. From Senator McCarthy’s Darlings to Marxist Maryknollers -- 2. Religious or Political Activists for Nicaragua? -- 3. Subversives in El Salvador -- 4. U.S. Guns Kill U.S. Nuns -- 5. Reagan and the White House’s Maryknoll Nun -- 6. Real Catholics versus Maryknollers -- 7. Maryknoll and Iran-Contra -- 8. Déjà Vu: Jesuits and Maryknollers -- Epilogue: Women, the Catholic Church, and U.S.–Central America Relations after the Cold War -- Notes on Research Methods -- Notes -- Primary Sources -- Index
Subjects
- Catholics -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Catholics -- Political activity -- Central America -- History -- 20th century.
- Religion and politics -- United States.
- Catholic Church and world politics -- History -- 20th century.
- Christianity and international relations -- History -- 20th century.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America.
- Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
- Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979-
- Maryknoll Sisters -- Political activity -- Central America -- History -- 20th century.