America and the Vatican: trading Information after World War II

"Fifteen years after World War II, the United States opened a small mission in the Vatican and the author Robert Illing, a non-Catholic and a career Foreign Service officer, served as the functioning charge d'affaires, He saw and came to understand the dual nature of the Vatican as a city-...

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Main Author: Illing, Robert F. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Palisades, N.Y. History Publ. Co. 2011
Edition:1. ed.
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Summary:"Fifteen years after World War II, the United States opened a small mission in the Vatican and the author Robert Illing, a non-Catholic and a career Foreign Service officer, served as the functioning charge d'affaires, He saw and came to understand the dual nature of the Vatican as a city-state political entity apart from its place as center of the Roman Catholic Church, and brings to the reader that insight as he functioned in the dynamic make-up of the American mission that was a curisity to some and a recognized place of importance to many" --Dust jacket flap
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:245 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:9781933909691

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