The Faith of the American Soldier is Hammerhead III Books newest addition: the books opens with the core question that lies at the heart of the book - What happens religiously to America's warriors when they go to battle, and what impact does this have on the nation's conduct of war?

Since men and women in battle not only contend with the prospect of their own deaths but also must fashion a moral rationale for killing, the battlefield is often a place of tremendous religious transformation.  Do men and women in battle revert to the faith of their youth, or do they gravitate to the spirituality around them?  Do they lose all faith in the face of horror, or do they piece together an informal spirituality that simply gets them through the fight?  Are they better warriors and do they experience less post-traumatic stress if they believe their war is righteous and that they are agents of good?

There is a new generation on the battlefield now, one raised with less religious training and less connection to history than any that has come before.  A First Amendment society does not officially offer Christian chivalry or a Bushido code as a guide of conduct for its warriors, so they are left to their own religious choices to frame their moral perspectives on war, on killing, and on the possibility of death.

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