[PDF.33vp] The Pope's Soldiers: A Military History of the Modern Vatican (Modern War Studies) (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))

The Pope's Soldiers: A Military History of the Modern Vatican (Modern War Studies) (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))

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 | #215452 in Books |  University Press of Kansas |  2011-05-19 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.28 x1.30 x6.36l,1.76 | File type: PDF | 444 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent work on a little researched subject!|By ECW|Alvarez's book on the pope's soldiers is an excellent work on a little researched subject. It is hard to come by any objective modern histories concerning the Papal States and the Vatican. Alvarez is objective and provides a great history of the Papal military as a whole, not just the Swiss Guard. He intertwines politics| |“An extraordinary and unparalleled work that tells a fascinating story of considerable importance for understanding the history of the Papacy and modern Italy.”—Brian R. Sullivan, coauthor of Il Duce’s Other Woman: The Untold

Most students of history assume that the age of the "warlord popes" ended with the Renaissance, but, long after the victory of Catholic powers at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Papacy continued to entangle itself in martial affairs. The Vatican participated in six major military campaigns between 1796 and 1870, flew the papal flag over a warship as late as 1878, and during the Second World War mobilized more than 2,000 of its own troops to defend the Pope.

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