Table of contents : Cover Series The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism, 1914–1958 Copyright Dedication Acknowledgements Contents Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 ‘Useless Slaughter’: Benedict XV and the First World War 3 Benedict XV: The Post-War World and the Church 4 Pius XI: Italian Fascism and the Conciliazione 5 Pius XI: The Teacher and His Church 6 The ‘Foreign Policy’ of Pius XI in the 1920s 7 Pius XI and the Dictators, 1930–9 8 Pius XII: Peace Diplomacy and War 9 Pius XII: War and Fascist Genocides 10 Pius XII: Communism and the Cold War 11 ‘Angelic Pastor’? Pius XII and the Worldwide Church 12 The Papacy in the Age of Totalitarianism Glossary Sources Index