Militant Liberty
Militant Liberty was a top-secret program developed by Evangelical John C. Broger for the United States Department of Defense , intended for religious conversion in the political field and intended to promote "evangelical democracy" both internationally and within the United States. The program was particularly championed in the 1950s by US Admiral Arthur W. Radford , then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . In the film " The Wings of Eagles " (1957), with John Wayne in the lead role and John Ford as director, elements of the content of Militant Liberty were incorporated.
The program was ultimately rejected within the US armed forces because of its religious nature, and military academies also declined to incorporate it into their teaching content, especially after Militant Liberty's links to right-wing political extremists became known. According to research by journalist Jeffrey Sharlet , the program was developed and funded by an evangelical network now known as The Family . Karl Leyasmeyer, a "field representative" of the "International Christian Leadership" associated with "The Family" also produced the anti-communist propaganda film "Militant Liberty" as part of the program of the same name.
literature
- Lori Lyn Bogle: "The Pentagon's battle for the American mind: the early Cold War." Texas A&M University Press, (2004), ISBN 1-58544-378-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tony Shaw, "Hollywood's Cold War." Univ. of Massachusetts Press 2007, ISBN 978-1-55849-612-5 , p. 204.
- ↑ Lori Lyn Bogle: "Evangelicals in the Military and the Code of Conduct." US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs
- ^ Sharlet, Jeff: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. New York: HarperCollins 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-055979-3 , pp. 201-204.
- ↑ "Records of the Fellowship Foundation - Collection 459: Historical Background" in the archive of the Billy Graham Center ( memento of the original from January 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
