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O'Sullivan John <1942-> |
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The President, the pope and the prime minister : three who changed the world / / John O'Sullivan |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Regnery Publishing, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 pages) |
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World politics - 1945-1989 |
International relations - History - 20th century |
Communism - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century |
Communism - Soviet Union - History |
Presidents - United States |
Popes |
Prime ministers - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Chapter One: The Indian Summer of Liberaldom -- Chapter Two: The Nightmare Years -- Chapter Three: Did God Guide the Bullets? -- Chapter Four: Be Not Afraid -- Chapter Five: Friends in Need -- Chapter Six: Keeping Hope Alive -- Chapter Seven: Imperial Overstretch -- Chapter Eight: Triumph and Disaster -- Chapter Nine: Checkmate -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
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The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister is a sweeping, dramatic account of how three great figures changed the course of history. All of them led with courage -- but also with great optimism. The pope helped ordinary Poles and East Europeans banish their fear of Soviet Communism, convincing them that liberation was possible. The prime minister restored her country's failing economy by reviving the "vigorous virtues" of the British people. The president rebuilt America's military power, its national morale, and its pre - eminence as leader of the free world. Together they brought down an evil empire and |
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changed the world for the better. No one can tell their intertwined story better than John O'Sullivan, former editor of National Review and the Times of London, who knew all three and conducted exclusive interviews that shed extraordinary new light on these giants of the twentieth century. |
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