The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950

The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII : the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950 / Peter C. Kent.

Author/creator	Kent, Peter C., 1938-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Montréal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Description	viii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958. Christianity and politics--Catholic Church --History --20th century. Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church. Papacy--History --1929-1945. Europe--Politics and government --1945-

Contents	Pt. 1. The Church and the challenge of communism Introduction -- The first cold warriors -- Pt. 2. The Roman Catholic Church in the Second World War -- The Church and the Axis powers -- The Church under Nazi occupation -- The Church in the Balkans -- The Church in the United States -- The Soviet Union and the Catholic Church -- The papacy and the Second World War -- Pt. 3. Il dopoguerra : neither war nor peace -- Papal leadership after the war -- Early persecution in the Balkans -- The Catholic majorities of East Central Europe -- Catholics and European reconstruction -- The Catholic Church and the occupation of Germany -- Pt. 4. The Cold War begins -- The martyrdom of Archbishop Stepinac -- Vatican resistance to the division of Europe -- The impossibility of Vatican neutrality -- Communist consolidation and Catholic division -- The religious Cold War : communist offensive -- The religious Cold War : Catholic counter-offensive.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2004272411
ISBN	077352326X

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