Spies in the Vatican : Espionage and Intrigue from Napoleon to the Holocaust /

Revered by millions, the Papacy is an international power that many nations have viewed with suspicion, some have tried to control, and not a few have spied upon. Ranging across two centuries of world history, David Alvarez's fascinating study throws open the Vatican's doors to reveal the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alvarez, David J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Services de renseignements > Vatican > Histoire.
Espionnage > Vatican > Histoire.
Spionage.
Intelligence service.
Espionage.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catholic.
Service des renseignements > Vatican > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Service des renseignements > Vatican > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Espionnage > Vatican > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Espionnage > Vatican > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Intelligence service > Vatican City > History > 20th century.
Intelligence service > Vatican City > History > 19th century.
Espionage > Vatican City > History > 20th century.
Espionage > Vatican City > History > 19th century.
Espionnage > Vatican.
Vatican City.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Revered by millions, the Papacy is an international power that many nations have viewed with suspicion, some have tried to control, and not a few have spied upon. Ranging across two centuries of world history, David Alvarez's fascinating study throws open the Vatican's doors to reveal the startling but little-known world of espionage in one of the most sacred places on earth. Reviewing the pontificates of ten popes-from Pius VII, Napoleon's nemesis, to Pius XII, maligned by some as "Hitler's pope"--Alvarez provides the first history of the intelligence operations and covert activities that reac
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9780700622894

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