Presidential Faith and Foreign Policy Jimmy Carter the Disciple and
This book explores the relationship between the religious beliefs of presidents and their foreign policymaking. Through the application of a new methodological approach that provides a cognetic narrative of each president, this study reveals the significa
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Presidential Faith and Foreign Policy Jimmy Carter the Disciple and Ronald Reagan the Alchemist
William Steding
PRESIDENTIAL FAITH AND FOREIGN POLICY
Copyright © William Steding, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-47647-0 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-50201-1 ISBN 978-1-137-47711-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137477118 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
This book is dedicated to my wife, Dana McCullam, our children Jill, Shannon, Grayson, and Corsica, and to my sister Dorothy Steding. May you remain steadfastly curious throughout your lives such that each new day is more interesting than the last.
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Contents Preface Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1
Religion in the American Political Sphere
7
2
Jimmy Carter’s Cognetic Narrative: An Evangelical Engineer
25
Jimmy Carter’s Evangelical Mission: Human Rights
39
Redemption: Jimmy Carter and the Panama Canal Treaties
57
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Jimmy Carter’s Just Peace in the Middle East
71
6
Ronald Reagan’s Cognetic Narrative: All-American Alchemist
87
Ronald Reagan’s Divine Imperium of Freedom
103
8
Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative
123
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The Strategic Defense Initiative and US–Soviet Relations: 1983–1987
139
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Conclusion: God Is Love, God Is Power
159
Notes
165
Bibliography
255
Index
279
Preface On the morning of September 11, 2001, I awoke in the “Holidome” Holiday Inn in Salina, Kansas, in one of those 1970s-style hotels, where each room faces a cavernous atrium for easy access to everything from shuffleboard to an indoor pool. I la
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