God's hand on America : divine providence in the modern era
(Book)

Has God withdrawn his special blessing from the United States? Americans ponder that painful question in troubled times, as we did during the devastation of the Civil War and after the assassinations of the 60s, and as we do in our present polarization. Yet somehow on battlefields, across western wilderness, and in raucous convention halls astounding events have reliably advanced America, restoring faith in the Republic s providential protection. In this provocative historical narrative, Michael Medved brings to life ten haunting tales that reveal this purposeful pattern, including: A near-fatal carriage accident forces Lincoln's secretary of state into a canvas-and-steel neck brace that protects him from a would-be assassin's knife thrusts, allowing him two years later to acquire Alaska for the United States. A sudden tidal wave of Russian Jewish immigration, be­ginning in 1881, coincides with America s rise to world leadership, fulfilling a biblical promise that those bless­ing Abraham's children will themselves be blessed. Campaigning for president, Theodore Roosevelt takes a bullet in the chest, but a folded speech in his jacket pocket slows its progress and saves his life. At the Battle of Midway, U.S. planes get lost over empty ocean and then miraculously reconnect for five minutes of dive-bombing that wrecks Japan's fleet, convincing even enemy commanders that higher powers intervened against them. A behind-the-scenes conspiracy of the pure of heart by Democratic leaders forces a gravely ill FDR to replace his sitting vice president an unstable Stalinist with future White House great Harry Truman. These and other little-known stories build on themes of The American Miracle, Medved's bestseller about America s remarkable rise. The confident heroes and stubborn misfits in these pages shared a common faith in a master plan, which continues to unfold in our time. God s Hand on America con­firms that the founders were right about America s destiny to lead and enlighten the world.