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Zusatztext This is a book that will please scholars and students, most certainly, but also a much wider audience looking for a new approach to one of the most eventful periods of the twentieth century. Informationen zum Autor John Pollard is a British historian, fellow of Trinity Hall at University of Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at Anglia Polytechnic University. His publications include Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950 (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and Benedict XV: The Pope of Peace (Burns and Oates Ltd., 2005). Klappentext This book is an in-depth study of the papacy between 1914 and 1958, incorporating the latest research and including a discussion of the key related historiographical debates to date. Zusammenfassung This book is an in-depth study of the papacy between 1914 and 1958, incorporating the latest research and including a discussion of the key related historiographical debates to date. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: 'Useless Slaughter', Benedict XV and the First World War 3: Benedict XV, The Post-War World and the Church 4: Pius XI, Italian Fascism and the Coniliazione 5: Pius XI, The Teacher and his Church 6: The 'Foreign Policy' of Pius XI in the 1920s 7: Pius XI and the Dictators, 1930-1939 8: Pius XII, Peace Diplomacy and War 9: Pius XII, War and Fascist Genocides 10: Pius XII, Communism and the Cold War 11: 'Angelic Pastor?' Pius XII and the World-wide Church 12: The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism Glossary Bibliography Index
