Chamedes, Giuliana, <br/><br/>
A twentieth-century crusade :  the Vatican's battle to remake Christian Europe / 
Giuliana Chamedes. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: On the brink of a new era --  The specter of Wilsonian liberalism --  A new Catholic diplomacy --  Papal officials build local bridges --  The fascist temptation --  Launching the anticommunist crusade --  Catholic anti-fascism, silenced --  The war for the soul of Catholicism --  The papal agenda after World War II --  History haunts the Church --  The upending of Catholic internationalism --  Epilogue: One among many. 
<br/><br/> Drawing on new archival research conducted in eight countries and in seven different languages, this book uncovers how the Vatican shaped the European international order after both world wars, via the novel use of international law, public diplomacy, and new media. Through careful attention to the entanglements of religion and politics, A Twentieth-Century Crusade traces the extraordinary story of how the Vatican moved from the margins to the center of European affairs after World War I.-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674239128 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--Political activity--History--Europe--20th century.<br/>Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Europe.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Papacy--Political aspects--History--20th century.<br/>Christianity and politics--Catholic Church--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX957  / .T846 2019