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Book Reviewed Read the Complete Review Essay Publication by Reviewer Stanley Hauerwas War and the American Difference War and the American Difference Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Emeritus Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke University in Durham, NC.  Rev. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Moravian College. Kelly Denton-Borhaug U.S. War-Culture, Sacrifice and Salvation André Mineau SS Thinking and the Holocaust SS Thinking and the Holocaust André Mineau is Professor of Ethics and History at the University of Quebec at Rimouski. Brian Crim is Associate Professor of History at Lynchburg College. Brian Crim’s Antisemitism in the German Military Community and the Jewish Response, 1914-1938 is forthcoming from Lexington Books in 2014. Mark Schantz Awaiting the Heavenly Country Awaiting the Heavenly Country Mark S. Schantz is Professor of History and Director of the Odyssey Program at Hendrix College. Rana Salimi received her Ph.D from UC San Diego, department of Theater and Dance, and currently lectures at UC San Diego and National University. Rana Salimi’s doctoral dissertation, "Visual Representation of Palestinian Female Martyrs Inside and Outside of Muslim Culture", deals with the issue of self-sacrifice for a higher cause. Eric Weitz A Century of Genocide A Century of Genocide Eric D. Weitz is Dean of Humanities and Arts and Professor of History at The City College of New York. Murray Schwartz teaches Shakespeare, Holocaust Literature and Literature and Psychoanalysis at Emerson College in Boston. Murray Schwartz The Dance Claimed Me Alan Kramer Dynamic of Destruction Dynamics of Destruction Alan Kramer is Professor of European History at Trinity College Dublin. Joanna Scutts is a literary critic and cultural historian. She holds a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University Joanna Scutts’ article on commemoration is entitled, “Battlefield Cemeteries, Pilgrimage, & Literature after the First World War.” Read her paper. Laura Wittman The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Laura Wittman is Associate Professor of French and Italian at Stanford University. Roger Griffin is professor in Modern History at Oxford Brookes University. Roger Griffin Modernism and Fascism Jon Pahl Empire of Sacrifice Empire of Sacrifice Jon Pahl is Professor of the History of Christianity in North America and Director of MA Programs for The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Bruce Chilton is the Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson and Rector at the Church of St. John in Barrytown, NY.  Bruce Chilton Abraham's Curse Paul Kahn Out of Eden Out of Eden Paul W. Kahn is Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities, and Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. James C. Dingley, PhD, is visiting research fellow at Queen's University, Belfast, UK; and chairman of the Francis Hutcheson Institute, also in Belfast. James Dingley The IRA Steven Mock Symbols of Defeat Symbols of Defeat Steven J. Mock is a Morrison Fellow in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. Manuel Herrero-Puertas is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Manuel Herrero-Puertas’ doctoral dissertation, "What is Removed: Transamerican Narratives of the Fragmented Body and Body Politic, 1820-1898" investigates how ‘abnormal' bodies grew into powerful symbols and critiques of US expansionism and its notions of national identity. Stanley Hauerwas War and the American Difference War and the American Difference Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Emeritus Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke University in Durham, NC. Mark Worrell is Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Cortland and Assistant Editor for Critical. Mark Worrell Terror: Social, Political, and Economic Perspectives