Preface xv
Preface to the Revised Edition xviii
INTRODUCTION: BETWEEN TWO PRESIDENTS xix
Harry S. Truman 1950, Kim Il Sung 1992
PART ONE Foundations 1918-1943
1. DOWN ON THE FARM
3
Roaring Twenties and Depression Thirties
2. THE 180-DEGREE TURN
21
Itinerant Evangelists and Traveling Salesmen
3. CALLED TO PREACH
39
Bob Jones College 1936, Florida Bible Institute 1937-1940
4. NORTHERN EXPOSURE
62
Wheaton College, the Tabernacle, 1940-1943
PART TWO A Ministry Begins 1943-1949
5. RUTH
71
Courtship and Marriage, Pastorate at Western Springs, Youth for Christ
6. YOUTH FOR CHRIST
92
The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe 1945-1947
7. COLLEGE PRESIDENT
112
Northwestern Schools 1948-1952
8. A GROWING OUTREACH
123
Augusta, Modesto, Miami, Baltimore, Altoona, Forest Home 1948-1949
PART THREE Turning Points 1949-1955
9. WATERSHED
143
Los Angeles 1949
10. WHIRLWIND
159
Boston, Columbia, New England, the Team 1950
11. BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
172
Portland, Films, Radio (The Hour of Decision), The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Atlanta 1950
12. THE GENERAL WHO BECAME PRESIDENT
188
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
13. BREAKTHROUGH IN BRITAIN
207
London 1954
14. IMPACT IN EUROPE
239
The Continent, Scotland, Cambridge 1954-1955
PART FOUR To the Ends of the Earth 1956-1967
15. INTO ASIA
263
India, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Formosa (Taiwan), Japan, Korea 1956
16. THE POWER OF THE PRINTED PAGE
282
"My Answer," Books, Christianity Today, Decision
17. MARATHON IN MANHATTAN
297
New York 1957
18. TO EARTH'S ENDS
325
Australia 1959, Africa and the Middle East 1960
19. INTO ALL THE WORLD
356
The Caribbean 1958, Chicago 1962, South America 1962, Mexico 1981
20. FIRST STEPS BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
378
Moscow 1959, Poland 1966, Yugoslavia 1967
PART FIVE World in Upheaval 1960-1976
21. THE THOUSAND DAYS
389
President John F. Kennedy
22. TALL TIMBER FROM TEXAS
403
President Lyndon B. Johnson
23. REACHING OUT TO A BROKEN WORLD
419
Miami Rock Festival, Universities, Ireland and South Africa, Television and Films, Disasters 1960's-1970's
24. MY QUAKER FRIEND
440
President Richard M. Nixon
25. THE HEALER FROM MICHIGAN
466
President Gerald Ford
PART SIX New Frontiers 1977-2007
26. OPENINGS IN THE CURTAIN
475
Hungary 1977, Poland 1978
27. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER FROM GEORGIA
490
President Jimmy Carter
28. MOSCOW AND BEYOND
499
Moscow 1982, East Germany and Czechoslovakia 1982, the Soviet Union 1984
29. LEADING WITH WIT AND CONVICTION
528
President Ronald Reagan
30. A NEW DAY DAWNING
540
Romania, Hungary, Russia 1985-1992
31. BROADENING THE VISION
557
Conferences and Congresses (Montreux, Berlin, Lausanne, Amsterdam) 1960-1986
32. A LEADER WITH EXPERIENCE AND ENERGY
584
President George H.W. Bush
33. THE PACIFIC GIANT
595
China 1988-1994
34. THROUGH UNEXPECTED DOORS
616
North Korea 1992 and 1994
35. NEW DAYS, NEW DIRECTIONS
634
The Internet, Television and Satellites, Evangelism Training, Outreach to Youth 1990's
36. FROM ARKANSAS TO WASHINGTON
650
President Bill Clinton
37. LEADING IN A TIME OF CRISIS
658
President George W. Bush
PART SEVEN Reflections
38. A TEAM EFFORT
669
Those Who Made It Possible
39. A HALF-CENTURY OF FRIENDS
689
From Death Row to Buckingham Palace
40. AT HOME
706
Reflections on My Family
41. A DECADE OF GRACE
725
1997-2007
42. THE BEST IS YET TO BE
735
Looking to the Future
Appendix SERMON FOR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND REMEMBRANCE (SEPTEMBER 14, 2001) 751
Acknowledgments 755
Billy Graham Crusades 760
Books by Billy Graham 765
Index of Names and Places 767