A Pacifist at Iwo Jima

Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn from Pulpit to the U.S. Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle

Lee Mandel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

268 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8741-4 (ISBN)

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During the 1930s, Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn was a distinguished scholar and vocal pacifist. This biography is based on multiple sources, including Gittelsohn’s personal papers, and follows his entire life, beginning with the Gittelsohn family’s emigration from Russia to the United States.

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."

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.

Lee Mandel is a retired U.S. Navy physician. He served at four Navy hospitals, was twice a staff internist at the Office of the Attending Physician, U.S. Congress, and was the Senior Medical Officer aboard three U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. He has published numerous journal articles both in medicine and history. He lives in Suffolk, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Prologue

Part I. Pacifist

One. Family Origins

Two. Gifted Student

Three. War No More

Four. Discovery

Five. The New Rabbi

Six. Speaking Out for Peace as the Temple Grows

Seven. Popular Front

Eight. “The Next War for Democracy Will Kill Democracy”

Nine. “On Three Things Does the Whole World Depend”

Ten. Munich

Eleven. A World on the Brink

Twelve. The War Begins

Thirteen. Private Life

Fourteen. A Vision of the Common Man at War and a Surprise

Part II. Warrior

Fifteen. Becoming a Chaplain

Sixteen. The First Marine Rabbi

Seventeen. The Road to Iwo Jima

Eighteen. Going Overseas with the 5th Marine Division

Nineteen. Invasion

Twenty. In the Heat of Battle

Twenty-One. Uncommon Valor

Twenty-Two. Coping with Hell on Earth

Twenty-Three. Endgame

Twenty-Four. The Purest Democracy

Twenty-Five. Aftermath

Twenty-Six. Why Pacifism Failed

Twenty-Seven. Once a Marine …

Twenty-Eight. Post-War Years

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	10 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	358 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4766-8741-2 / 1476687412
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8741-4 / 9781476687414
Zustand	Neuware