Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War, Michael Phayer (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008), xvi + 333 pp., 29.95
Building upon his important study The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965,1 Michael Phayer has produced a significant work, Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War, which illuminates the choices that the Vatican made under Pius XII during the Second World War and the years immediately fol...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 519-522 |
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| Summary: | Building upon his important study The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965,1 Michael Phayer has produced a significant work, Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War, which illuminates the choices that the Vatican made under Pius XII during the Second World War and the years immediately following. At the outset, Phayer informs his readers that he has no intention of entering into the debate over the worthiness of the case for Pius XII's sainthood. Similarly, he dismisses the work of apologists whose sole goal is to portray Pius XII in the most positive light possible. Instead, Phayer examines Pius XII in his role as a politician and leader of the Vatican state. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcn045 |