{"product_id":"holy-war-the-untold-story-of-catholic-italys-crusade-against-the-ethiopian-orthodox-church-paperback","title":"Holy War: The Untold Story of Catholic Italy's Crusade Against the Ethiopian Orthodox Church - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1935, Fascist Italy invaded the sovereign state of Ethiopia--a war of conquest that triggered a chain of events culminating in the Second World War. In this stunning and highly original tale of two Churches, historian Ian Campbell brings a whole new perspective to the story, revealing that bishops of the Italian Catholic Church facilitated the invasion by sanctifying it as a crusade against the world's second-oldest national Church. Cardinals and archbishops rallied the support of Catholic Italy for Il Duce's invading armies by denouncing Ethiopian Christians as heretics and schismatics and announcing that the onslaught was an assignment from God.\u003cbr\u003eCampbell marshals evidence from three decades of research to expose the martyrdom of thousands of clergy of the venerable Ethiopian Church, the burning and looting of hundreds of Ethiopia's ancient monasteries and churches, and the instigation and arming of a jihad against Ethiopian Christendom, the likes of which had not been seen since the Middle Ages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinally, \u003cem\u003eHoly War\u003c\/em\u003e traces how, after Italy's surrender to the Allies, the horrors of this pogrom were swept under the carpet of history, and the leading culprits put on the road to sainthood.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Campbell is an independent scholar and international consultant. He has written several books on the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, including \u003cem\u003eThe Addis Ababa Massacre: Italy's National Shame\u003c\/em\u003e, also available from Oxford University Press. It was a \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e History Book of the Year (2017), and has been published in Italian translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47207833337958,"sku":"9781805260240","price":49.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/wCH6MezLjG9781805260240.webp?v=1789764698","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/holy-war-the-untold-story-of-catholic-italys-crusade-against-the-ethiopian-orthodox-church-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}