The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
What role did Pius XI play during the Fascist era? Did the Pope collaborate with the Mussolini regime? Did he successfully counter Fascism in Italy, or did Mussolini successfully inculcate Fascist values in the country? The controversy took on new vigor with the 2003 and 2006 opening of the archives...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 378-381 |
| Review of: | The Pope and Mussolini (Oxford [u. a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2014) (Kornberg, Jacques)
The Pope and Mussolini (New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014) (Kornberg, Jacques) The Pope and Mussolini (New York, NY : Random House, 2014) (Kornberg, Jacques) |
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| Summary: | What role did Pius XI play during the Fascist era? Did the Pope collaborate with the Mussolini regime? Did he successfully counter Fascism in Italy, or did Mussolini successfully inculcate Fascist values in the country? The controversy took on new vigor with the 2003 and 2006 opening of the archives of Pius XI's reign. David Kertzer has mined the new evidence in support of a novel argument, engrossingly presented with vivid portrayals of significant personalities. This is an elegant page-turner accessible to all interested readers., Kertzer's Vatican personalities—some cautious toward the Fascist regime, some collaborating, some hostile—all tugged at Vatican policy. Capturing this is a notable feat in a literature that often sees the Pope as the sole originator of Vatican policies. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcw036 |