{"product_id":"a-pacifist-at-iwo-jima-9781476687414","title":"A Pacifist at Iwo Jima","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In the 1930s, Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn was a distinguished scholar and vocal pacifist. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he had a change of heart and volunteered to serve as a chaplain in the US Navy. The first rabbi ever deployed with the Marine Corps, he found himself in the bloody battle at Iwo Jima. At war''s end at the dedication of the 5th Marine Division cemetery, he gave a renowned speech known as the Gettysburg Address of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This biography is based on multiple sources, including Gittelsohn''s personal papers, beginning with his family''s emigration from Russia to the United States. From the growing antiwar movement after World War I, to the training of military chaplains and the anti-Semitism among their ranks, important events further contextualize Gittelsohn''s life, including his illustrious postwar career and service on President Harry S. Truman''s Committee on Civil Rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Pacifist  7\u003cbr\u003eOne. Family Origins\u003cbr\u003eTwo. Gifted Student\u003cbr\u003eThree. War No More\u003cbr\u003eFour. Discovery\u003cbr\u003eFive. The New Rabbi\u003cbr\u003eSix. Speaking Out for Peace as the Temple Grows\u003cbr\u003eSeven. Popular Front\u003cbr\u003eEight. \"The Next War for Democracy Will Kill Democracy\"\u003cbr\u003eNine. \"On Three Things Does the Whole World Depend\"\u003cbr\u003eTen. Munich\u003cbr\u003eEleven. A World on the Brink\u003cbr\u003eTwelve. The War Begins\u003cbr\u003eThirteen. Private Life\u003cbr\u003eFourteen. A Vision of the Common Man at War and a Surprise\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Warrior  115\u003cbr\u003eFifteen. Becoming a Chaplain\u003cbr\u003eSixteen. The First Marine Rabbi\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen. The Road to Iwo Jima\u003cbr\u003eEighteen. Going Overseas with the 5th Marine Division\u003cbr\u003eNineteen. Invasion\u003cbr\u003eTwenty. In the Heat of Battle\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-One. Uncommon Valor\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-Two. Coping with Hell on Earth\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-Three. Endgame\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-Four. The Purest Democracy\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-Five. Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-Six. Why Pacifism Failed\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-Seven. Once a Marine …\u003cbr\u003e­Twenty-Eight. ­Post-War Years\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040503300439,"sku":"9781476687414","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476687414.jpg?v=1750946947","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-pacifist-at-iwo-jima-9781476687414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}