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020			_a9780198716167
082			_a322.1094509042 KER
100			_a"Kertzer, David I."
245		0	_aPope and Mussolini: the secret history of Pius XI and the rise of fascism in Europe
260			_aOxford
260			_bO.U.P
260			_c2014
300			_a549p.
365			_b1145
365			_dRS
520			_aThis is the compelling story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Benito Mussolini. A ground-breaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives by US National Book Award-finalist David Kertzer, it will forever change our understanding of the Vatican's role in the rise of Fascism in Europe. Both Pope Pius XI and Mussolini came to power in Rome in 1922. One was scholarly and devout, the other a violent bully. Yet they also had traits in common. Both had explosive tempers. Both bristled at the charge of being the patsy of the other. Both demanded unquestioned obedience from their subordinates, whose knees literally quaked in fear of provoking their wrath. Both came to be disillusioned by the other, yet dreaded what would happen if their alliance were to end.
650			_aItaly
942			_cB _2ddc