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The Spiritual-Industrial Complex

America's Religious Battle against Communism in the Early Cold War

By: Jonathan P. Herzog

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The Spiritual-Industrial Complex

America's Religious Battle against Communism in the Early Cold War

By: Jonathan P. Herzog

In his farewell address, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the nation of the perils of the military-industrial complex. But as Jonathan Herzog shows in this insightful history, Eisenhower had spent his presidency contributing to another, lesser known, Cold War collaboration: the spiritual-industrial complex. This fascinating volume shows that American leaders in the early Cold War years considered the conflict to be profoundly religious; they saw Communism not only as godless but also as a sinister form of religion. Fighting faith with faith, they deliberately used religious beliefs and institutions as part of the plan to defeat the Soviet enemy. Herzog offers an illuminating account of the resultant spiritual-industrial complex, chronicling the rhetoric, the programs, and the policies that became its hallmarks. He shows that well-known actions like the addition of the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance were a small part of a much larger and relatively unexplored program that promoted religion nationwide. Herzog shows how these efforts played out in areas of American life both predictable and unexpected--from pulpits and presidential appeals to national faith drives, military training barracks, public school classrooms, and Hollywood epics. Millions of Americans were bombarded with the message that the religious could not be Communists, just a short step from the all-too-common conclusion that the irreligious could not be true Americans. Though the spiritual-industrial complex declined in the 1960s, its statutes, monuments, and sentiments live on as bulwarks against secularism and as reminders that the nation rests upon the groundwork of religious faith. They continue to serve as valuable allies for those defending the place of religion in American life.

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Oxford University Press

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0199830746

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9780199830749

Managing in the Modern Corporation

The Intensification of Managerial Work in the USA, UK and Japan

By: John Hassard,Leo McCann,Jonathan Morris

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Managing in the Modern Corporation

The Intensification of Managerial Work in the USA, UK and Japan

By: John Hassard,Leo McCann,Jonathan Morris

In recent years, widespread organisational change in large corporations has almost invariably led to work intensification and increased stress for managers. Managing in the Modern Corporation explains how and why large companies have changed their organisational structures and philosophies, focusing in particular on how these changes affect the careers of middle managers. Based on in-depth interviews with over two hundred middle and senior managers working in large corporations in the USA, UK and Japan, it shows how the working lives of managers have been subjected to major disruption, involving work intensification and reduced opportunities for career progression. Furthermore, it argues that such widespread overwork and poor treatment of highly skilled and highly motivated staff has created a major international problem that must be addressed. The book presents a range of solutions to this important problem, suggesting that there are possibilities for saner, less brutal organisational environments.

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289

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Cambridge University Press

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113948298X

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9781139482981

Democratic Militarism

Voting, Wealth, and War

By: Jonathan D. Caverley

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Democratic Militarism

Voting, Wealth, and War

By: Jonathan D. Caverley

Examines the political and economic circumstances which lead democracies to build up their militaries and involve themselves in armed conflict.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107063981

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9781107063983

Career Planning, Development, and Management

An Annotated Bibliography

By: Jonathan P. West

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Career Planning, Development, and Management

An Annotated Bibliography

By: Jonathan P. West

Academic research by economists, educators, political scientists, psychologists, and sociologists has made the study of careers in organizations an important interdisciplinary focus in the social sciences. This annotated bibliography, first published in 1983, brings together significant academic research from various disciplines.

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Taylor & Francis

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135180877X

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Book's by Jonathan Gifford (Industrial sociologist)

The Spiritual-Industrial Complex

The Spiritual-Industrial Complex

Managing in the Modern Corporation

Managing in the Modern Corporation

Democratic Militarism

Democratic Militarism

Career Planning, Development, and Management

Career Planning, Development, and Management

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