In 1999 Hitler's Pope by John Cornwell attacked the Vatican's role in World War II, especially the inaction of Pope Pius XII. Within eighteen months of the hardcover publication of Hitler's Pope Papal Sin by Garry Wills, Under His Very Windows by Susan Zuccotti and Constantine's Sword by James Caroll entered the fray to discredit Pius XII.
None of them were in time for John Cornwell's retraction quoted December 9, 2004 issue of the Economist. To Read More...