Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. The Church and the Challenge of Communism
5. Introduction 3
6. The First Cold Warriors 11
7. The Roman Catholic Church in the Second World War
8. The Church and the Axis Powers 21
9. The Church under Nazi Occupation 33
10. The Church in the Balkans 45
11. The Church in the United States 55
12. The Soviet Union and the Catholic Church 67
13. The Papacy and the Second World War 74
14. Il Dopoguerra: Neither War nor Peace, 1945–1946
15. Papal Leadership after the War 87
16. Early Persecution in the Balkans 101
17. The Catholic Majorities of East Central Europe 112
18. Catholics and European Reconstruction 129
19. The Catholic Church and the Occupation of Germany 138
20. The Cold War Begins
21. The Martyrdom of Archbishop Stepinac 155
22. Vatican Resistance to the Division of Europe 177
23. The Impossibility of Vatican Neutrality 191
24. Communist Consolidation and Catholic Division 203
25. The Religious Cold War: The Communist Offensive 217
26. The Religious Cold War: The Catholic Counter-Offensive 237
27. Epilogue 257
28. Notes 263
29. Bibliography 299
30. Index 309