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.
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"...Chadwick has done us all a great service by throwing so much more light on the constraints which conditioned Vatican behavior during the Second World War than any previous scholar." J.F. Pollard, The Times Higher Education Supplement
"The whole narrative is full of...fascinating details, and they are told with great skill...[The volume] gives us a completely new insight into the inner workings of the Vatican, and the human story of the relationship between two exceptional men is sheer delight." Denis Mack Smith, The Times Literary Supplement
"The whole narrative is full of...fascinating details, and they are told with great skill...[The volume] gives us a completely new insight into the inner workings of the Vatican, and the human story of the relationship between two exceptional men is sheer delight." Denis Mack Smith, The Times Literary Supplement
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The British government and its envoy assisted the Allied cause in Italy despite being confined to the Vatican from 1940 to 1944. This text provides new perspectives on the papacy's predicament and the struggle to keep Italy out of the war.
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In the year 1936 34 nations kept ambassadors or ministers or charges at the Holy See. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pastor angelicus, enemy diplomats, escape line, diplomatic bag, other diplomats, area bombing, new cardinals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cardinal Maglione, Foreign Office, Vatican City, Secretary of State, Santa Sede, Monsignor Montini, Radio Vaticana, Cardinal Pacelli, Osservatore Romano, Santa Marta, Secretariat of State, Catholic Church, Myron Taylor, Count Ciano, Monsignor Tardini, Pope Pius, John May, Osborne's Diary, Foreign Affairs, United States, Borgongini Duca, Roman Catholic, Cardinal Hinsley, Lord Halifax, Father Leiber New!
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In the year 1936 34 nations kept ambassadors or ministers or charges at the Holy See. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pastor angelicus, enemy diplomats, escape line, diplomatic bag, other diplomats, area bombing, new cardinals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cardinal Maglione, Foreign Office, Vatican City, Secretary of State, Santa Sede, Monsignor Montini, Radio Vaticana, Cardinal Pacelli, Osservatore Romano, Santa Marta, Secretariat of State, Catholic Church, Myron Taylor, Count Ciano, Monsignor Tardini, Pope Pius, John May, Osborne's Diary, Foreign Affairs, United States, Borgongini Duca, Roman Catholic, Cardinal Hinsley, Lord Halifax, Father Leiber New!
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