Britain and the Vatican During the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9780521368254 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 344 str.

Owen Chadwick; Cwen Chadwick

Opis

In this highly acclaimed "inside view" of the Vatican and Fascist Italy, Owen Chadwick offers a new and rare perspective into the predicament of the papacy, the struggle to keep Italy out of the war, the question of condemning atrocities, the fall of Fascism, and the German occupation of Rome.

Recenzje

'… admirably succinct and readable account of diplomatic life in the Vatican … his lively narrative provides a fascinating picture of the Vatican under siege'. Daily Telegraph

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Britain and the Vatican in the last years of Pope Pius XI (1935–39); 2. The conclave of 1939; 3. The peace plans of Pius XII; 4. The winter war, 1939–40; 5. The Italian entry into the war; 6. First months in the Vatican; 7. Surveillance I; 8. Surveillance II: the bag; 9. The Jews in 1942; 10. The bombing of Rome; 11. The Italian armistice; 12. The German occupation; 13. Aftermath; Select bibliography; Index.