The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958

by John Pollard and John F. Pollard

The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914-1958 examines the most momentous years in papal history. Popes Benedict XV (1914-1922), Pius XI (1922-1939), and Pius XII (1939-1958) faced the challenges of two world wars and the Cold War, and threats posed by totalitarian dictatorships like Italian Fascism, German National Socialism, and Communism in Russia and China. The wars imposed enormous strains upon the unity of Catholics and the hostility of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198766157
• ISBN13: 9780198766155
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"