02422nam a22003494a 4500 ebr10132782 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 040504s2002 quca sb 001 0 eng 077352326X CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)244765086 e-it--- e------ BX1378 .K43 2002eb 327.456/34 21 Kent, Peter C., 1938- The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII [electronic resource] : the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950 / Peter C. Kent. Montr�eal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002. viii, 321 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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- Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10132782 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 182885 182885