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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together some of the leading scholars of Vatican history to examine papal diplomacy in the 19th and 20th centuries. Essays consider the role of the Vatican in the major events of the modern era (the unification of Italy, World Wars I and II, the Holocaust, the war in Vietnam, the Nicaraguan revolution).
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: Reflections on Vatican Diplomacy by Robert A. Graham, S.J. A Diplomacy Unlike Any Other: Papal Diplomacy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Peter C. Kent and John F. Pollard The Vatican and the Austrian Empire during the Restoration, 1814-1846 by Alan J. Reinerman The Diplomacy of Intransigence: Vatican Policy during the Risorgimento by Frank J. Coppa "Una furia piú che francese": The Quebec Church and Vatican Diplomacy in the Age of Anglo-Canadian Protestant Domination by Roberto Perin The Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church in Atlantic Canada: Policies Regarding Ethnicity and Language, 1878-1922 by Phyllis E. LeBlanc The Emergence of a New Vatican Diplomacy During the Great War and Its Aftermath, 1914-1929 by Stewart A. Stehlin Ireland and the Vatican, 1921-1949 by Dermot Keogh The Vatican, Germany and the Holocaust by John S. Conway Pope Pius XII, Italy and the Second World War by Italo Garzia Italy, the Holy See and the United States, 1939-1945 by Elisa A. Carrillo Yugoslavia and the Vatican, 1919-1970 by Stella Alexander The Vatican and the Palestinians: A Historical Overview by Andrej Kreutz The Holy See and the Conflict in Lebanon by George Emile Irani The Vatican and Israel by Sergio I. Minerbi America, the Holy See and the War in Vietnam by Roy Palmer Domenico The United States and the Vatican, 1939-1984 by Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J. Reflections on the Nicaraguan Revolution and the Holy See in the 1980s by Ricardo Peter The End of the Vatican's Ostpolitik by Peter Hebblethwaite Bibliography Index
