A Pope and a President John Paul II Ronald Reagan and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century 1st Edition by Paul Kengor ISBN 1684516358 9781684516353

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ISBN 10: 1684516358 
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Author: Paul Kengor

Even as historians credit Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders. Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor changes that. In this fascinating book, he reveals a singular bond—which included a spiritual connection between the Catholic pope and the Protestant president—that drove the two men to confront what they knew to be the great evil of the twentieth century: Soviet communism. Reagan and John Paul II almost didn’t have the opportunity to forge this relationship: just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, they took bullets from would-be assassins. But their strikingly similar near-death experiences brought them close together—to Moscow’s dismay.Based on Kengor’s tireless archival digging and his unique access to Reagan insiders, A Pope and a President is full of revelations. It takes you inside private meetings between Reagan and John Paul II and into the Oval Office, the Vatican, the CIA, the Kremlin, and many points beyond. Nancy Reagan called John Paul II her husband’s “closest friend”; Reagan himself told Polish visitors that the pope was his “best friend.” When you read this book, you will understand why. As kindred spirits, Ronald Reagan and John Paul II united in pursuit of a supreme objective—and in doing so they changed history.

A Pope and a President John Paul II Ronald Reagan and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century 1st Table of contents:

Part 1: Warnings and Beginnings
Chapter 1: May 13, 1917: An Echo
Chapter 2: October 26, 1917: The Devils Take Over
Chapter 3: May 1920–June 1922: A Birth in Poland and a Rebirth in the Midwest
Part 2: Persecutions and Errors
Chapter 4: 1924–1939: The “Satanic Scourge” of Communism
Chapter 5: 1939–1945: “Blood, Blood, Blood, and Again Blood”
Chapter 6: 1945–1952: The Iron Curtain Descends
Chapter 7: 1956–1963: Crushing Hungary and Smearing Pius XII
Chapter 8: November 22, 1963: Communism’s Errors Reach Dallas
Part 3: Wojtyła and Reagan Rising
Chapter 9: 1946–1959: Battling Communists in Poland and Hollywood
Chapter 10: The 1960s: A Time for Choosing
Chapter 11: May 6, 1975: The Dry Martyrdom of Cardinal Mindszenty
Chapter 12: Summer of 1976: Two Freedom Fighters in America
Chapter 13: 1977–1978: “We Win and They Lose”
Chapter 14: 1978–1979: “Be Not Afraid”
Chapter 15: 1980–1981: An Era of Renewal
Part 4: Game Changers
Chapter 16: March 30, 1981: A Bullet for a President
Chapter 17: March 29–30, 1981: The Soviet Invasion That Wasn’t
Chapter 18: May 13, 1981: A (Soviet) Bullet for a Pope
Chapter 19: May–September 1981: Commencement
Chapter 20: December 13, 1981: Martial Law
Chapter 21: January–June 1982: Face to Face in the Vatican
Chapter 22: July–December 1982: Moscow Under Suspicion
Chapter 23: 1983: Dealing with an “Evil Empire”
Chapter 24: March 25, 1984: The Consecration of Russia
Chapter 25: May 1984: Together Again
Chapter 26: October 19, 1984: The Martyrdom of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Chapter 27: March 1985: A New Kind of Soviet Leader
Chapter 28: May 1985: A President in Portugal
Chapter 29: May 1985: “The Russians Did It”
Part 5: Ending an Evil Empire
Chapter 30: November 1985–December 1987: The President and the “Closet Christian”
Chapter 31: December 8, 1987: An Immaculate Peace
Chapter 32: June–December 1987: Reagan’s Fátima Briefing
Chapter 33: May–June 1988: Reagan’s Mission to Moscow
Chapter 34: June 1988: Ending the Soviet “War on Religion”
Chapter 35: 1989–1991: The Collapse of the Evil Empire
Part 6: Revelations and Goodbyes
Chapter 36: May 13, 2000: The Third Secret of Fátima—Revealed
Chapter 37: June 5, 2004: Ronald Reagan’s Silent Goodbye
Chapter 38: April 2, 2005: Divine Mercy for John Paul II

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