Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-281) and index.
Contents
Polonia restituta : the Catholic Church and the revival of Poland -- Il Papa Polacco : the making of Pius XI, 1918-1922 -- From constitution to concordat, 1921-1925 -- Papal blessing : church and state in the Piłsudski era, 1926-1935 -- The friends and enemies of Catholic Poland -- Vilna and Lwów : the Catholic minorities of Eastern Poland -- Poland, the Orthodox, and the conversion of Russia -- Post mortem : Piłsudski lies uneasy in the grave -- Oratio pro pace : Pius XII and the coming of the Second World War.
