Ebook273 pages3 hours
The Divine Plan: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Dramatic End of the Cold War
By Paul Kengor and Robert Orlando
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Just six weeks apart in the spring of 1981, Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan took bullets from would-be assassins.
Few realized at the time how close both men came to dying.
Surviving these near-death experiences created a singular bond between the pope and the president that historians have failed to appreciate.
When John Paul II and Reagan met only a year later, they confided to each other a shared conviction: that God had spared their lives for a reason.
That reason? To defeat Communism.
In private, Reagan had a name for this: "The DP"—the Divine Plan.
* * *
It has become fashionable to see the collapse of the Soviet empire as inevitable.
Hardly.
In this riveting book, bestselling author Paul Kengor and writer-director Robert Orlando show what it took to end the Cold War: leaders who refused to accept that hundreds of millions must suffer under totalitarian Communism.
And no leaders proved more important than the pope and the president.
Two men who seemed to have little in common developed an extraordinary bond—including a spiritual bond between the Catholic pope and Protestant president. And their shared core convictions drove them to confront Communism.
To tell the full story of the dramatic closing act of the Cold War, Kengor and Orlando draw on their exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with more than a dozen experts, including well-known historians Douglas Brinkley, H. W. Brands, Anne Applebaum, Stephen Kotkin, John O'Sullivan, and Craig Shirley; the leading biographer of John Paul II, George Weigel; close Reagan advisers Richard V. Allen and James Rosebush; and Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron.
You can't understand Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan—or how the Cold War came to such a swift and peaceful end—without understanding how much faith they put in the Divine Plan.
Few realized at the time how close both men came to dying.
Surviving these near-death experiences created a singular bond between the pope and the president that historians have failed to appreciate.
When John Paul II and Reagan met only a year later, they confided to each other a shared conviction: that God had spared their lives for a reason.
That reason? To defeat Communism.
In private, Reagan had a name for this: "The DP"—the Divine Plan.
* * *
It has become fashionable to see the collapse of the Soviet empire as inevitable.
Hardly.
In this riveting book, bestselling author Paul Kengor and writer-director Robert Orlando show what it took to end the Cold War: leaders who refused to accept that hundreds of millions must suffer under totalitarian Communism.
And no leaders proved more important than the pope and the president.
Two men who seemed to have little in common developed an extraordinary bond—including a spiritual bond between the Catholic pope and Protestant president. And their shared core convictions drove them to confront Communism.
To tell the full story of the dramatic closing act of the Cold War, Kengor and Orlando draw on their exhaustive research and exclusive interviews with more than a dozen experts, including well-known historians Douglas Brinkley, H. W. Brands, Anne Applebaum, Stephen Kotkin, John O'Sullivan, and Craig Shirley; the leading biographer of John Paul II, George Weigel; close Reagan advisers Richard V. Allen and James Rosebush; and Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Bishop Robert Barron.
You can't understand Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan—or how the Cold War came to such a swift and peaceful end—without understanding how much faith they put in the Divine Plan.
Author
Paul Kengor
Paul Kengor is the author of the New York Times extended-list bestseller God and Ronald Reagan as well as God and George W. Bush and The Crusader. He is a professor of political science and director of the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College. He lives with his wife and children in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Read more from Paul Kengor
The Communist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism's Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil and Bella Dodd: One Woman's Struggle Against Communism and Her Redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGod and Hillary Clinton: A Spiritual Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Divine Plan
Related ebooks
Walking Through the Fire: My Fight for the Heart and Soul of America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDiplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Secrets of Manipulation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerica's #1 Adversary: And What We Must Do About It – Now! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDouble Standard: Abuse Scandals and the Attack on the Catholic Church Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mad Politics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Donald Trump and the War on the “Silent Enemy” Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe War on Football: Saving America's Game Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNever Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5101 Reasons to Vote against Hillary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIs Anything Happening?: My Life as a Newsman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPretending to Sleep: A Communism Survivor's Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reagan Wit: The Humor Of The American President Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Judas Epidemic: Exposing the Betrayal of the Christian Faith in Church and Government Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStanding Up to China: How a Whistleblower Risked Everything for His Country Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGod, Help Me: How to Grow in Prayer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Words of Ronald Reagan: The Wit, Wisdom, and Eternal Optimism of America's 40th President Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Radical Mind: The Destructive Plans of the Woke Left Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTake Me with You: My Story of Making a Global Impact Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vivek Ramaswamy Biography: The Immigrant Son Who Became an Icon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFake News Fake President Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTomorrow in America: The Battle for the Souls of Our Children Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Through the Eyes of a Good Guy: A frank discussion about "good guy" husbands, relationships and the amazing power of a wife's touch Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn Pursuit of Love: One Woman's Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Politics of ‘Fait Accompli’ and the ‘New World Order’: (On How to Create a Subservient Society) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGovernance in the New Global Disorder: Politics for a Post-Sovereign Society Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dershowitz on Killing: How the Law Decides Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Modern History For You
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fifties Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Voices from Chernobyl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Night to Remember: The Sinking of the Titanic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God Delusion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/518 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Notebook Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Little Red Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shakespeare: The World as Stage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Every Person Should Know About War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Divine Plan
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Divine Plan - Paul Kengor
\*d book_preview_excerpt.html \˒uVTDcD@HB0 3$@@(^dWew'Y5Ɗ7ha-amЏK|νU= ALwU>nǹ/7]|q7g_/뷗W95O/\<3W/N_懶+9sykw>t7|kc1taygW%_7Bgڼrvm;|7T6w&mpK
љ~\\f_'ONMî6kb2a9 kLLe{lͺ69Vv\]Uxd0#^dЇXڝKanmZlk2|6KW4n.`|Nk{ic,zw{j t8b,.ɡ?[^J-gGFw['ceE2V5jrux%> ]=A:_5L0ç sͽo:|{i{ۨO.jӮOx<4Mуgy膯lt`AtQ{sAq+dgtag8b/
NfvQV0?ߎD7汳^DXtDTjc
۴ƛueCVPAk18ZyXPۡ0\&t3'Vt;LڄD_^Y$,gt0srߗ GN&x0Tpq"M6qq$v>vg;ޫܒOx ;"Ҽu0ġq.z3]xz趍
?9C쿒gcFs'^5|Cc<1מżֽѭ`K]b]\ۖf"̊:}8u2+u}o{r̭u5<g~b_OG 6$d4:W*C{uUO3s @Bx=tIX0蝧a7{,(\m
_OW'lxӓE10GGl2IJmh<_CuV fòn`ϋB|lD҆H+$!vfM-Aw jIh~^Dqkzt=Lx1iK\r5EV 6*@_nl>mqL'otU":Twu#q\>&bKCж⊏}CvXXt2mnzDZsP