The Mormon Military Experience: 1938 to the Cold War

by Sherman L Fleek and Robert C. Freeman

The Mormon military experience is unique in American history. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is the only denomination to field military units for its own support and purpose rather than national interests, an effort which began in Missouri in 1838 and lasted through the Spanish American War of 1898. From World War I onward, however, the military exceptionalism of the LDS Church faded and Mormon soldiers came to serve national...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700634320
• ISBN13: 9780700634323
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"