The cross of war : Christian nationalism and U.S. expansion in the Spanish-American War /
Matthew McCullough.
- Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages).
- Studies in American thought and culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"My brother's keeper" : justifying a new kind of sacrifice, defining a new kind of war -- Clash of civilizations : Spain as enemy and the crystallization of American messianism -- "The hand of God in the nation's victory" : providence, American success, and the meaning of national history -- To Anglo-Saxonize the world : racial providentialism and the American mission -- Duty and destiny : messianic interventionism and the ideology of American expansion.
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Spanish-American War, 1898--Influence. Religion and international relations. Civil religion--History--United States--19th century. Intervention (International law)--Moral and ethical aspects. Spanish-American War, 1898--Religious aspects--Christianity.