Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Pacelli Family: A Counter-Risorgimento Clan in a National Age
2. The Child Is Father of the Man
3. The Making of a Diplomat
4. In Germany, 1917–1929
5. Secretary of State to Pius XI, 1930–1939
6. Confronting the Second World War
7. The “Silence” during the Holocaust
8. On Palestine and Israel
9. The Cold War: Pius XII Finds His Voice
10. Traditionalism and Modernity
Conclusion
Encyclicals of Pope Pius XII
Bibliography
Index