{"product_id":"a-catholic-cold-war-edmund-a-walsh-s-j-and-the-politics-of-american-anticommunism-9780823224593","title":"A Catholic Cold War: Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., and the Politics of American Anticommunism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patrick J. McNamara\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first biography in 42 years of the priest and educator whom\u003cbr\u003ehistorians have called \"the most important anticommunist in the country.\"\u003cbr\u003eEdmund A. Walsh, as dean of Georgetown College and founder in 1919 of its\u003cbr\u003eSchool of Foreign Service, is one of the most influential Catholic figures of the\u003cbr\u003e20th century. Soon after the birth of the Bolshevik state, he directed the Papal\u003cbr\u003eRelief Mission in the Soviet Union, starting a lifelong immersion in Soviet and\u003cbr\u003eCommunist affairs. He also established a Jesuit college in Baghdad, and served\u003cbr\u003eas a consultant to the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal.\u003cbr\u003eA pioneer in the new science of geopolitics, Walsh became one of Truman's most\u003cbr\u003etrusted advisers on Soviet strategy. He wrote four books, dozens of articles, and\u003cbr\u003egave thousands of speeches on the moral and political threat of Soviet Communism\u003cbr\u003ein America. Although he died in 1956, Walsh left an indelible imprint on the\u003cbr\u003eideology and practical politics of Cold War Washington, moving easily outside the\u003cbr\u003etraditional boundaries of American Catholic life and becoming, in the words of one\u003cbr\u003ehistorian, \"practically an institution by himself.\" Few priests, indeed few Catholics, \u003cbr\u003eplayed so large a role in shaping American foreign policy in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47613571694743,"sku":"9780823224593","price":7901.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780823224593.webp?v=1775086232","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-catholic-cold-war-edmund-a-walsh-s-j-and-the-politics-of-american-anticommunism-9780823224593","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}