After all the scrutiny directed at Pius XII in the past decade, two things might justify another book about his actions during and after the Holocaust: new historical sources or a new historical vision. Michael Phayer, author of the indispensable The Catholic Church and the Holocaust (2001), claims to have both: newly declassified documents from American intelligence officials (...)
September 26, 2008
Books
The First Cold Warrior?
Pius XII, the Holocaust and the Cold WarMichael PhayerIndiana University Press, $29.95, 333 pp.
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