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Bezig met laden... The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister (2001)door John O'Sullivan
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. For a gen-Xer like me, this was an interesting recap of the events that I mostly ignored during my childhood. I did feel that the book skipped around a bit too much chronologically. It generally flows from pre-election to post-communism, but there were times when it would skip backward a dozen years between two paragraphs. I found myself double-checking the dates multiple times. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)909.82History and Geography History World history 1800- 1900-1999, 20th centuryLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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update 3/13/14
I LOVED this book. It filled in gaps of my understanding of the 1)principles of liberty, 2)the events that occurred during my mission service for two years (1989 and 1990), and 3)the great spirituality of leaders that I already admired. Now I know why they stood for what they did. They are SO inspiring. We need three more just like them. ( )