Prologue
1. The Year of Three Popes and the Transformation of U.S.-Vatican Relations
2. Beagle Chanel Mediation: Diplomacy and War Prevention
3. The Vatican, Italy, and Eurocommunism
4. Vatican Ostpolitik: Diplomacy of Rapprochement with communism
5. The Vatican and the Helsinki Process
6. The Pope, the Neutron Bomb, and NATO Modernization
7. The President, the Pope and the Crown of St. Stephens
8. The Vatican, The U.S. & Lebanon’s Civil War
9. The U. S., the Vatican & Middle East, and Jerusalem
10. The Pope & the Iranian Hostage Crisis: The Limits of Papal Power
11. The Vatican, Liberation Theology & the Central American Imbroglio
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index