The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade Lusitania and the men with whom

and the men with whom he served emerge as well-rounded characters against the horrific backdrop of the war

Women began to work in munitions factories

000 men dead in just 138 days

it is a white man’s war

William then went on to build a powerful fleet

The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade Lusitania and the men with whomDescription by Philip Jenkins Paperback The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War. At the one hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, historian Philip Jenkins reveals the powerful religious dimensions of this modern day crusade, a period that marked a traumatic crisis for Western civilization, with effects that echoed throughout the rest of the twentieth century. The war was fought