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1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 21 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by James Anderson Foster. |
| Summary |
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. A Pope and a President is the product of years of research. Based on Kengor's tireless archival digging and his unique access to Reagan insiders, this book reveals captivating new details on a relationship that changed history. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Reagan, Ronald.
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John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005.
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Reagan, Ronald -- Political and social views.
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John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005 -- Political and social views.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Popes -- Biography.
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Anti-communist movements -- History.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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Foster, James Anderson, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781541490451 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1541490452 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT11959723 |
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