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This 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).

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This 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). Other essays examine the way in which the Papacy conducts its relations with secular states, specifically addressing its relationship with Ireland, Canada, the United States, and Yugoslavia. And three essays consider the place of the Vatican in the politics of the contemporary Middle East. This important work provides a sense of the complex nature of the Papacy's involvement in the political and diplomatic issues of the modern world.

Author Biography

PETER C. KENT is Professor of History and Dean of Arts at the University if New Brunswick in Canada. He is the author of The Pope and the Duce (1981).JOHN F. POLLARD is Professor and Department Head of History at Anglia Polytechnic University in England. He is the author of The Vatican and Italian Fascism, 1929-32 (1985).

Table of Contents

PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction: 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. PollardThe Vatican and the Austrian Empire during the Restoration, 1814-1846 by Alan J. ReinermanThe 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 PerinThe Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church in Atlantic Canada: Policies Regarding Ethnicity and Language, 1878-1922 by Phyllis E. LeBlancThe Emergence of a New Vatican Diplomacy During the Great War and Its Aftermath, 1914-1929 by Stewart A. StehlinIreland and the Vatican, 1921-1949 by Dermot KeoghThe Vatican, Germany and the Holocaust by John S. ConwayPope Pius XII, Italy and the Second World War by Italo GarziaItaly, the Holy See and the United States, 1939-1945 by Elisa A. CarrilloYugoslavia and the Vatican, 1919-1970 by Stella AlexanderThe Vatican and the Palestinians: A Historical Overview by Andrej KreutzThe Holy See and the Conflict in Lebanon by George Emile IraniThe Vatican and Israel by Sergio I. MinerbiAmerica, the Holy See and the War in Vietnam by Roy Palmer DomenicoThe 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 PeterThe End of the Vatican's Ostpolitik by Peter HebblethwaiteBibliographyIndex

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?The book is a good introduction to the subject.?-Perspectives on Political Science?This book is not only interesting reading--it provides the details of an almost forgotten aspect of international relations forged by the only religiously oriented entity currently enjoying legal capacity as an international person. It provides a useful analysis of a "State" without a military arm, occupying a microscopic territory on a world map filled with powerful States, and at a time when many commentators fear that religious fundamentalism may be a potential replacement for conflicts suppressed during the Cold War.?-American Society of International Law?The book is a good introduction to the subject.??Perspectives on Political Science"The book is a good introduction to the subject."-Perspectives on Political Science"This book is not only interesting reading--it provides the details of an almost forgotten aspect of international relations forged by the only religiously oriented entity currently enjoying legal capacity as an international person. It provides a useful analysis of a "State" without a military arm, occupying a microscopic territory on a world map filled with powerful States, and at a time when many commentators fear that religious fundamentalism may be a potential replacement for conflicts suppressed during the Cold War."-American Society of International Law

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Examines the nature of the Papacy's involvement in the political and diplomatic issues of the modern world.

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This 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). Other essays examine the way in which the Papacy conducts its relations with secular states, specifically addressing its relationship with Ireland, Canada, the United States, and Yugoslavia. And three essays consider the place of the Vatican in the politics of the contemporary Middle East. This important work provides a sense of the complex nature of the Papacy's involvement in the political and diplomatic issues of the modern world.

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"This book is not only interesting reading--it provides the details of an almost forgotten aspect of international relations forged by the only religiously oriented entity currently enjoying legal capacity as an international person. It provides a useful analysis of a "State" without a military arm, occupying a microscopic territory on a world map filled with powerful States, and at a time when many commentators fear that religious fundamentalism may be a potential replacement for conflicts suppressed during the Cold War."-American Society of International Law

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Examines the nature of the Papacy's involvement in the political and diplomatic issues of the modern world.

Details ISBN0275944417 Short Title PAPAL DIPLOMACY IN MODERN AGE Language English ISBN-10 0275944417 ISBN-13 9780275944414 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1994 Country of Publication United States Edited by Peter C. Kent Illustrations bibliography, index Place of Publication Westport Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc Author Peter Kent Subtitle Symposium on Vatican Diplomacy Entitled "the Holy See in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" : Papers DOI 10.1604/9780275944414 UK Release Date 1994-06-20 NZ Release Date 1994-06-20 US Release Date 1994-06-20 Audience Age 7-17 Pages 302 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Publication Date 1994-06-20 DEWEY 327.20945634 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1994-06-19 We've got this

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