Synopses & Reviews
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 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.
Synopsis
A dramatic analysis of the influences and legacies of Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Margaret Thatcher places a particular focus on their works between 1978 and 1981, during which they revived their respective arenas and narrowly escaped assassination attempts. 50,000 first printing.