The Pius War Responses to the Critics of Pius XII
, by Bottum, Joseph; Dalin, David G.; Bottum, Joseph; Conway, John S.; Decker, Rainer; Jr, William Doino; Doyle, Kevin M.; Hittinger, Russell; Hughes, John Jay; Lawler, Justus George; Novak, Michael; Rychlak, Ronald J.; Wilken, Robert Louis- ISBN: 9780739145647 | 0739145649
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/19/2010
In the brutal fight that has raged in recent years over the reputation of Pope Pius XII_leader of the Catholic Church during World War II, the Holocaust, and the early years of the Cold War_the task of defending the Pope has fallen primarily to reviewers. These reviewers formulated a brilliant response to the attack on Pius, but their work was scattered in various newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals_making it nearly impossible for the average reader to gauge the results. In The Pius War, Weekly Standard's Joseph Bottum has joined with Rabbi David G. Dalin to gather a representative and powerful sample of these reviews, deliberately chosen from a wide range of publications. Together with a team of professors, historians, and other experts, the reviewers conclusively investigate the claims attacking Pius XII. The Pius War, and a detailed annotated bibliography that follows, will prove to be a definitive tool for scholars and students_destined to become a major resource for anyone interested in questions of Catholicism, the Holocaust, and World War II.