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Vatican secret diplomacy : Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII. By Charles R. Gallagher. NEW HAVEN : 2008. HARDBACK in JACKET.
by GALLAGHER, Charles R. [ Pius XII, Pope 1876-1958. ]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300121342
- ISBN 13
- 9780300121346
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large Octavo. FIRST EDITION. NEW HAVEN : 2008. Hardback. Red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In red pictorial dust-jacket. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xi), 283 pages. Bibliographical references. Index. CONTENTS: A priest in the family -- Diplomatic observer : India and Japan, 1927-1934 -- Silencing Charlie : the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin and the Vatican -- An American monsignor in Mussolini's Italy -- Spies everywhere : Hurley at Vatican City, 1940 -- An American bishop in President Roosevelt's court -- Propagandist in black : Hurley and the U.S. Department of State -- A parallel endeavor against communism : the United States and the Vatican in Tito's Yugoslavia -- Betrayal in the Balkans : the Stepinac Case -- Standing alone between church and state : Hurley and American anticommunism -- Last years, final struggles. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053479
- Title
- Vatican secret diplomacy : Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII. By Charles R. Gallagher. NEW HAVEN : 2008. HARDBACK in JACKET.
- Author
- GALLAGHER, Charles R. [ Pius XII, Pope 1876-1958. ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300121342
- ISBN 13
- 9780300121346
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven & London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- Large Octavo
- LCCN
- 2007043743
- Keywords
- Catholic Church Foreign Relations
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