A pope and a president : John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the extraordinary untold story of the 20th century
(2017)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States]: Tantor Audio, 2017
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
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1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 21 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781541490451 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11959723, 1541490452 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11959723
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by James Anderson Foster

Even as historians credit ƯRonald 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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