AcknowledgmentsIntroduction Marshall J. BregerPart I FROM THE PAPAL STATES TO THE VATICAN: 1870–1929Chapter One The Holy See and Neutrality Vatican Diplomacy 1870–1929 John F. PollardChapter Two The Holy See and Neutrality in the Aftermath of World War I The Consequences of the TreaChapter Three The Lateran Treaty and the Hermeneutics of the Holy See Neutrality The Final Defeat ofPart II THE LONG SECOND WORLD WAR: 1931–1945Chapter Four Neutrality to the Test The Vatican and the Fascist Wars of the 1930s Lucia CeciChapter Five Vatican Diplomacy and Church Realities in the Philippines during World War II Pascal LoChapter Six Pope Pius XII, Vatican Neutrality, and the Holocaust Case Studies from the Newly OpenedPart III INTO THE COLD: 1950–1990Chapter Seven No Neutrality in Ideology The Holy See and the Cold War Piotr H. KosickiChapter Eight The Holy See’s Efforts to Secure the Departure of Cardinal Mindszenty Diplomacy in aPart IV POST-COLD WAR: 1990–2020Chapter Nine Pope Francis and Vatican Sovereignity Massimo FaggioliChapter Ten Neutrality as an Aid to Holy See Diplomacy Iraq and Syria, 1991–2011 Luke CahillChapter Eleven The Church and the Bomb Holy See Diplomacy and Nuclear Weapons Maryann Cusimano LoveChapter Twelve Vatican’s / Holy See’s Approach to Nonproliferation The United States and Japan SChapter Thirteen Power and Spirituality The Collision of Canon and International Law Herbert ReginboAppendixIndexAbout the Contributors