A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: May 13, 1981 Moscow Takes Its Shot -- Part 1: Warnings and Beginnings -- 1 May 13, 1917 An Echo -- 2 October 26, 2017 The Devils Take Over -- 3 May 1920-June 1922 A Birth in Poland and a Rebirth in the Midwest -- Part 2: Persecutions and Errors -- 4 1924-1939 The "Satanic Scourge" of Communism -- 5 1939-1945 "Blood, Blood, Blood, and Again Blood" -- 6 1945-1952 The Iron Curtain Descends -- 7 1956-1963 Crushing Hungary and Smearing Pius XII -- 8 November 22, 1963 Communism's Errors Reach Dallas -- Part 3: Wojtyła and Reagan Rising -- 9 1946-1959 Battling Communists in Poland and Hollywood -- 10 The 1960s A Time for Choosing -- 11 May 6, 1975 The Dry Martyrdom of Cardinal Mindszenty -- 12 Summer of 1976 Two Freedom Fighters in America -- 13 1977-1978 "We Win and They Lose" -- 14 1978-1979 "Be Not Afraid" -- 15 1980-1981 An Era of Renewal -- Part 4: Game Changers -- 16 March 30, 1981 A Bullet for a President -- 17 March 29-30, 1981 The Soviet Invasion That Wasn't -- 18 May 13, 1981 A (Soviet) Bullet for a Pope -- 19 May-September 1981 Commencement -- 20 December 13, 1981 Martial Law -- 21 January-June 1982 Face to Face in the Vatican -- 22 July-December 1982 Moscow Under Suspicion -- 23 1983 Dealing with an "Evil Empire" -- 24 March 25, 1984 The Consecration of Russia -- 25 May 1984 Together Again -- 26 October 19, 1984 The Martyrdom of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko -- 27 March 1985 A New Kind of Soviet Leader -- 28 May 1985 A President in Portugal -- 29 May 1985 "The Russians Did It" -- Part 5: Ending an Evil Empire -- 30 November 1985-December 1987 The President and the "Closet Christian" -- 31 December 8, 1987 An Immaculate Peace -- 32 June-December 1987 Reagan's Fátima Briefing -- 33 May-June 1988 Reagan's Mission to Moscow -- 34 June 1988 Ending the Soviet "War on Religion

"Although historians are increasingly giving Reagan and John Paul II due credit for their roles in ending the Cold War, Kengor reveals the depth and significance of the bond between the president and the pope. New details based on the author's unique access to Reagan insiders and his tireless archival research are provided. The role of the Marian apparition at Fatima on May 13, 1917 is explored as key to understanding both the bond between JP II and Reagan and the narrative of what they considered a divine plan to end communism in the USSR and Eastern Bloc, especially Poland, which is seen as the linchpin"--