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| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Downing Street Years Margaret Thatcher, 2011-01-04 This first volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs encompasses the whole of her time as Prime Minister - the formation of her goals in the early 1980s, the Falklands, the General Election victories of 1983 and 1987 and, eventually, the circumstances of her fall from political power. She also gives frank accounts of her dealings with foreign statesmen and her own ministers. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Downing Street years Margaret Thatcher, 1993 The first volume of memoirs by Margaret Thatcher frankly recalls the former British prime minister's dealings with U.S. presidents, the Falkland War, and her election victories in 1983 and 1987. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Tour. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher, 2013 A newly edited, single-volume commemorative edition of 'The Path to Power' and 'The Downing Street Years'; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Path to Power Margaret Thatcher, 2011 Margaret Thatcher&′s government was, she says, about the application of a philosophy, not the implementation of an administrative programme. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Statecraft Margaret Thatcher, 2003-03-25 I wanted to write one more book -- and I wanted it to be about the future. Few leaders have stood on the brink of change to the extent of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Now this commanding world figure draws upon her unrivaled political experience to comment on the threats that democracy faces at the dawn of the new millennium and on the role that Western powers should play in the world's hot spots, especially in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Reflecting on the lessons of the Cold War, Thatcher outlines the foundation of U.S. dominance and its responsibilities as the only global superpower. She offers prescient observations about the dangers posed by Balkan instability, rogue states, Islamic extremism, and international terrorism -- and suggests strategies to counter them. In addition, she examines current trends in Russia, China, India, the Far East, Europe, and, particularly, Great Britain. Noting how every contemporary problem evokes demands for a global solution, Thatcher also warns of overreliance on international institutions at the expense of nation-states. Statecraft is an incisive treatise on power in the age of globalism, written by a legendary world statesman with a matchless combination of principles, experience, and shrewdness. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margareth Thatcher: Authorized Biography Charles Moore, 2014-04-01 Dengan gaya bercerita yang tak tertandingi dan detil yang dramatis, biografi resmi Margaret Thatcher karya Charles Moore mengungkapkan hal-hal yang belum pernah diungkap sebelumnya tentang masa-masa awal kehidupan, kekuasaan, dan kepemimpinan sebagai perdana menteri dari seorang wanita yang mengubah inggris raya dan dunia di akhir abad keduapuluh. Moore memiliki akses unik ke semua dokumen pribadi dan pemerintahan Margaret Thatcher dan mewawancarainya dan keluarganya dengan leluasa saat menyusun buku ini. Banyak di antara teman baik dan kolega Margaret yang menunjukkan dokumen-dokumen, buku harian, dan surat-surat yang belum pernah dilihat sebelumnya dan berbicara padanya (Moore) dengan terang-terangan, tahu bahwa apa yang mereka ungkapkan tidak akan diterbitkan sampai kematian (Thatcher). Buku ini seketika menggantikan biografi lain dan membuka perspektif baru tentang spektrum kehidupan politik Inggris secara luas dari sejak Margaret Thatcher masuk ke parlemen pada 1959 sampai pada puncak kekuasaannya ? kemenangan di Falkland pada 1982. Di antara fokus buku ini adalah surat-surat istimewa tersembunyi yang ditujukan ke saudara perempuannya, Muriel yang menjelaskan tentang masa mudanya: hubungannya dengan orang tuanya; kecintaannya pada pakaian; romansanya di masa muda; kesan pertamanya terhadap Denis Thatcher; masa pacaran dan pernikahan mereka. Buku ini dengan brilian menggambarkan kemauan dan ketegasannya dari awal karir politiknya. Buku ini memberikan penjelasan lengkap dan menarik saat ia merebut kepemimpinan Tory dari Ted Heath saat tidak ada tokoh senior di partai yang mampu menantangnya. Belum berakhir, buku ini juga menjelaskan saat dua tahun masuk ke pemerintahan, ia dikepung dan hari-harinya dipercaya akan segera berakhir. Juga menjelaskan pengalamannya sebagai wanita di dunia politik yang masih dianggap sebagai dunia lelaki. Charles Moore jelas-jelas mengagumi subjeknya tapi ini tidak membuat buku ini tanpa kritik. Dia menunjukkan apa saja yang mengagumkan tentang Thatcher dan apa yang bisa membuat geram, kekuatannya yang luar biasa dan kadang kerapuhannya yang mengejutkan, jauh lebih meyakinkan dari karya lainnya. Saat ini ketika Margaret Thatcher menjadi tokoh sejarah, biografi karya Moore memberikan penilaian yang mengagumkan bagi subjeknya.[Mizan, Bentang Pustaka, Biografi, Indonesia, Inggris, Wanita] |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher Hilary Mantel, 2014-09-30 The New York Times bestselling collection, from the Man Booker prize-winner for Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, that has been called scintillating (New York Times Books Review), breathtaking (NPR), exquisite (The Chicago Tribune) and otherworldly (Washington Post). A new Hilary Mantel book is an Event with a ‘capital ‘E.'—NPR A book of her short stories is like a little sweet treat.—USA Today (4 stars) [Mantel is at] the top of her game.—Salon Genius.—The Seattle Times One of the most accomplished, acclaimed, and garlanded writers, Hilary Mantel delivers a brilliant collection of contemporary stories In The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel's trademark gifts of penetrating characterization, unsparing eye, and rascally intelligence are once again fully on display. Stories of dislocation and family fracture, of whimsical infidelities and sudden deaths with sinister causes, brilliantly unsettle the reader in that unmistakably Mantel way. Cutting to the core of human experience, Mantel brutally and acutely writes about marriage, class, family, and sex. Unpredictable, diverse, and sometimes shocking, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher displays a magnificent writer at the peak of her powers. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher David Cannadine, 2017 This concise, lively, and authoritative biography examines the life of Margaret Thatcher and sets it in the context of recent British history. Written by leading international historian David Cannadine, it covers her early life, political career, life after politics, impact, and legacy. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore, 2013-04-25 'One of the best political biographies I have ever read' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political figures of the postwar era. Charles Moore's biography of Margaret Thatcher, published after her death on 8 April 2013, immediately supercedes all earlier books written about her. At the moment when she becomes a historical figure, this book also makes her into a three dimensional one for the first time. It gives unparalleled insight into her early life and formation, especially through her extensive correspondence with her sister, which Moore is the first author to draw on. It recreates brilliantly the atmosphere of British politics as she was making her way, and takes her up to what was arguably the zenith of her power, victory in the Falklands. (This volume ends with the Falklands Dinner in Downing Street in November 1982.) Moore is clearly an admirer of his subject, but he does not shy away from criticising her or identifying weaknesses and mistakes where he feels it is justified. Based on unrestricted access to all Lady Thatcher's papers, unpublished interviews with her and all her major colleagues, this is the indispensable, fully rounded portrait of a towering figure of our times. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Not for Turning Robin Harris, 2014-04-10 First published in Great Britain by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers--T.p. verso |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Real Iron Lady Gillian Shephard, 2013-03-18 There are many myths about Margaret Thatcher's extraordinary personality and political career. But what was it really like to work with her? In The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher, Gillian Shephard speaks to an eclectic and distinguished range of Mrs T.'s former colleagues; all offer a unique insight into what the Iron Lady was really like at close quarters. Among them are John Major, Geoffrey Howe, Douglas Hurd and other Cabinet colleagues, alongside an ambassador and senior civil servants. In addition, prominent Conservative Party members, distinguished journalists and a leading trade unionist add their views, as well as MPs, political advisers and Downing Street staff. A French perspective is even provided by Hubert Védrine, foreign minister to erstwhile President François Mitterrand. Gillian Shephard has laced this miscellany of recollections of the Iron Lady with her own sparkling wit and acerbic comments - resulting in a fascinating close-up portrait of Britain's first woman Prime Minister. Most importantly, it is a portrait painted by the people who were with her throughout the dramas of her political career: the Falklands conflict, the miners' strike, the Brighton Bomb outrage and, eventually, her downfall. The book, with its wealth of previously unpublished material, portrays Margaret Thatcher as a woman of contrasts: courageous, kind, ferocious, feminine - and so far, unsurpassed. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: People Like Us Caroline Slocock, 2018-04-19 The first ever female private secretary to any British Prime Minister, Caroline Slocock had a front-row seat for the final eighteen months of Margaret Thatcher's premiership. A left-wing feminist, Slocock was no natural ally and yet she became fascinated by the woman behind the Iron Lady façade and by how she dealt with a world dominated by men. As events led inexorably to Thatcher's downfall, Slocock observed the vulnerabilities and contradictions of the woman considered by many to be the ultimate anti-feminist, and witnessed the astonishing way in which she was brought down by her closest political allies. In this vivid first-hand account, Slocock reflects on the challenges women still face in public life and concludes that it's time to rewrite how we portray female leaders. A remarkable political and personal memoir, People Like Us charts the dying days of Thatcher's No. 10 and reflects on women and power, then and now. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher Jonathan Aitken, 2013-10-14 The complete life of Margaret Thatcher in one volume. As Britain's first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brought about the biggest social and political revolution in the nation's post-war history. She achieved this largely by the driving force of her personality – a subject of endless speculation among both her friends and her foes. Jonathan Aitken has an insider's view of Margaret Thatcher's story. He is well qualified to explore her strong and sometimes difficult personality during half a century of political dramas. From first meeting her when she was a junior shadow minister in the mid 1960s, during her time as leader of the Opposition when he was a close family friend, and as a Member of Parliament throughout her years in power, Aitken had a ring side seat at many private and public spectacles in the Margaret Thatcher saga. From his unique vantage point, Aitken brings new light to many crucial episodes of Thatcherism. They include her ousting of Ted Heath, her battles with her Cabinet, the Falklands War, the Miners' Strike, her relationships with world leaders such as Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and the build up to the Shakespearian coup inside the Conservative Party which brought about her downfall. Drawing on his own diaries, and a wealth of extensive research including some ninety interviews which range from international statesmen like Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger and Lord Carrington to many of her No.10 private secretaries and personal friends, Jonathan Aitken's Margaret Thatcher – Power and Personality breaks new ground as a fresh and fascinating portrait of the most influential political leader of post-war Britain. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Autobiography Margaret Thatcher, 2013 Margaret Thatcher, arguable the most significant figure of the late-twentieth-century British politics, died on 8 April 2013. Combining and abridging her memoirs 'The Path to Power' and 'The Downing Street Years', this definitive account of Margaret Thatcher's life is published as a one volume commemorative edition. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher Nicholas Wapshott, 2007 Drawing on interviews with those closest to them, as well as on hundreds of recently declassified private letters and telephone calls, Wapshott depicts a complex, personal, and sometimes argumentative relationship between these two unlikely political soulmates. 8-page b&w photo insert. |
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| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Downing Street Years Margaret Thatcher, 1993 Not the least interesting aspects of the book are the author's incidental insights into diplomacy ('the twin, opposing, temptations of statesmen are hubris and timidity'), political morality ('what is morally right often turns out to be politically expedient') and her own style and tone ('once I begin to follow a train of thought, I am not easily stopped'). It is a work intensely - sometimes unconsciously - revealing of the mind and personality of its author. The impression which emerges is, as one recent commentator put it, of a world-class battleship at full steam ahead. Her thoroughness, her passion for change, her tenacity and her astonishing determination are evident in every chapter of the book.--Jacket. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Downing Street Years Margaret Thatcher, 2011 Margaret Thatcher is the towering figure of late 20th-century British politics. No other prime minister of modern times has sought to change Britain and its place in the world as radically as she did. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher John Campbell, 2007 This first volume in a biography of Margaret Thatcher explores her early life, re-examining the mythology and suggesting a more complex reality behind the idealised pictures previously presented. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: All Must Have Prizes Melanie Phillips, 1997 British education is regarded as being in a state of meltdown. Throughout the system, from nursery classes to degree courses, the relationship between teacher and pupil has been undermined, and the idea that children should be taught a body of rules at all, whether in maths or grammar, is now taboo in many schools. Systematic instruction has given way to approximations and guesswork, resulting in a rising tide of illiteracy. This text aims to present the inside story of a social debacle. The collapse of education is not viewed in isolation; according to the author, at the heart of the problem lies cultural and moral relativism, the doctrine that no values can be judged to be any better or worse than any others. She regards the primary effect of this, particularly in the last 20 years, to be the collapse of the authority of institutions. Sounding a warning, she offers a blueprint to restore authority and meaning to society. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Iron Lady Hugo Young, 1989 Traces the life of Britain's controversial prime minister, explains how she became involved in politics, and looks at the accomplishments of her administration |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: For the Record David Cameron, 2019-09-24 A #1 bestseller in England, former Prime Minster David Cameron’s For the Record shares his views on his political career and the state of the UK. David Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005, promising to modernize the party following its three successive electoral defeats. He became Prime Minister in 2010, forming Britain’s first coalition government in seventy years, at a moment of economic crisis, and went on to win the first outright Conservative majority for twenty-three years at the 2015 general election. In For the Record, Cameron explains how the governments he led transformed the UK economy while implementing a modern, compassionate agenda that included reforming education and welfare, legalizing gay marriage, honoring the UK’s commitment to overseas aid and spearheading environmental policies. He will shed light on the seminal world events of his premiership—the Arab Spring; the rise of ISIS; the invasion of Ukraine; the conflicts in Libya, Iraq and Syria—as well as events at home, from the Olympic Games in 2012 to the Scottish referendum. He provides his perspective on the EU referendum and his views on the future of Britain’s place in the world following Brexit. Revealing the battles and achievements of his life and career in intimate and frank detail, For the Record is an important assessment of the significant political events of the 2010s, the nature of power and the role of leadership at a time of profound global change. |
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| margaret thatcher the downing street years: God and Mrs Thatcher Eliza Filby, 2015-02-24 A woman demonised by the left and sanctified by the right, there has always been a religious undercurrent to discussions of Margaret Thatcher. However, while her Methodist roots are well known, the impact of her faith on her politics is often overlooked. In an attempt to source the origins of Margaret Thatcher's 'conviction politics', Eliza Filby explores how Thatcher's worldview was shaped and guided by the lessons of piety, thrift and the Protestant work ethic learnt in Finkin Street Methodist Church, Grantham, from her lay-preacher father. In doing so, she tells the story of how a Prime Minister steeped in the Nonconformist teachings of her childhood entered Downing Street determined to reinvigorate the nation with these religious values. Filby concludes that this was ultimately a failed crusade. In the end, Thatcher created a country that was not more Christian, but more secular; and not more devout, but entirely consumed by a new religion: capitalism. In upholding the sanctity of the individual, Thatcherism inadvertently signalled the death of Christian Britain. Drawing on previously unpublished archives, interviews and memoirs, Filby examines how the rise of Thatcher was echoed by the rebirth of the Christian right in Britain, both of which were forcefully opposed by the Church of England. Wide-ranging and exhaustively researched, God and Mrs Thatcher offers a truly original perspective on the source and substance of Margaret Thatcher's political values and the role that religion played in the politics of this tumultuous decade. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher, 2013-04-16 Published in a single volume for the first time, Margaret Thatcher is the story of her remarkable life told in her own words--the definitive account of an extraordinary woman and consummate politician, bringing together her bestselling memoirs The Downing Street Years and The Path to Power. Margaret Thatcher is the towering political figure of late-twentieth-century Great Britain. No other prime minister in modern times sought to change the British nation and its place in the world as radically as she did.Writing candidly about her upbringing and early years and the formation of her character and values, she details the experiences that propelled her to the very top in a man's world. She offers a riveting firsthand history of the major events, the crises and triumphs, during her eleven years as prime minister, including the Falklands War, the Brighton hotel bombing, the Westland affair, the final years of the Cold War, and her unprecedented three election victories. Thatcher's judgments of the men and women she encountered during her time in power-from statesmen, premiers, and presidents to Cabinet colleagues-are astonishingly frank, and she recalls her dramatic final days in office with a gripping, hour-by-hour description from inside 10 Downing Street. Powerful, candid, and compelling, Margaret Thatcher stands as a testament to a great leader's significant legacy. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Human Factor Archie Brown, 2020 In this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War's ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is wrong. To understand the significance of the parts played by Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in East-West relations in the second half of the 1980s, Brown addresses several specific questions: What were the values and assumptions of these leaders, and how did their perceptions evolve? What were the major influences on them? To what extent were they reflecting the views of their own political establishment or challenging them? How important for ending the East-West standoff were their interrelations? Would any of the realistically alternative leaders of their countries at that time have pursued approximately the same policies? The Cold War got colder in the early 1980s and the relationship between the two military superpowers, the USA and the Soviet Union, each of whom had the capacity to annihilate the other, was tense. By the end of the decade, East-West relations had been utterly transformed, with most of the dividing lines -including the division of Europe- removed. Engagement between Gorbachev and Reagan was a crucial part of that process of change. More surprising was Thatcher's role. Regarded by Reagan as his ideological and political soulmate, she formed also a strong and supportive relationship with Gorbachev (beginning three months before he came to power). Promoting Gorbachev in Washington as a man to do business with, she became, in the words of her foreign policy adviser Sir Percy Cradock, an agent of influence in both directions. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Below the Parapet Carol Thatcher, 1997 On the eve of his retirement from a successful business career, Denis Thatcher became Britain's first male prime ministerial consort, mixing daily with some of the most powerful people in the world. Below the Parapet, is a riveting account of more than a decade of political triumph and turmoil, told from the perspective of his daughter Carol Thatcher. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher on Leadership Nile Gardiner, Stephen Thompson, 2013-10-01 This inspirational and practical guide for conservatives combines stories from Lady Thatcher’s life with principles and strategies conservatives can apply to their challenges today. Nile Gardiner and Stephen Thompson outline the critical lessons conservatives can learn from Lady Thatcher on articulating conservative principles to a broader audience, cutting through bureaucratic messes to achieve goals, and standing up to aggressive regimes. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Auctioneer Joan Samson, 2010-09-28 A hardcover, nonreturnable signed edition with a short print run (300 numbered copies). |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Maggie & Me Damian Barr, 2014-04-08 It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Margaret Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive. Damian, his sister and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks. But darkness threatens as Maggie takes hold: she snatches school milk, smashes the unions and makes greed good. Following Maggie's advice, Damian works hard and plans his escape. He discovers that stories can save your life and - in spite of violence, strikes, AIDS and Clause 28 - manages to fall in love dancing to Madonna in Glasgow's only gay club. Maggie & Me is a touching and darkly witty memoir about surviving Thatcher's Britain; a story of growing up gay in a straight world and coming out the other side in spite of, and maybe because of, the iron lady. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: In Defence of Freedom Margaret Thatcher, 1987 |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: 10 Downing Street Anthony Seldon, Jonathan Meakins, 2019-03-19 The walls of Number 10 have witnessed frantic diplomacy, tense cabinet meetings, the rise and fall of those at the dizzying heights of government, and decisions that have affected millions of people and every continent. And yet, for many people, the building remains a mystery. What really goes on behind that iconic black door? What does it look like? How have prime ministers shaped Downing Street, and how has it shaped them? This book will take readers through the famous door and into Downing Street. It will reveal the mystery and the majesty of 10 Downing Street. Spectacular photography of the building's interior will complement a text rich in detail. The book will chart the history of Number 10, looking at the personalities and the dramatic events that have shaped this building, from Robert Walpole during the eighteenth century to David Cameron in the twenty-first. Readers will discover how the building has evolved to meet modern needs. This book will be a wonderfully illustrated, comprehensive history and guide to Number 10 Downing Street. It is a must have for anybody interested in British history or politics. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher Volume Two John Campbell, 2011-04-30 The first volume of John Campbell's biography of Margaret Thatcher was described by Frank Johnson in the Daily Telegraph as 'much the best book yet written about Lady Thatcher'. That volume, The Grocer's Daughter, described Mrs Thatcher's childhood and early career up until the 1979 General Election which carried her into Downing Street. This second volume covers the whole eleven and a half years of her momentous premiership. Thirteen years after her removal from power, this is the first comprehensive and fully researched study of the Thatcher Government from its hesitant beginning to its dramatic end. Campbell draws on the mass of memoirs and diaries of Mrs Thatcher's colleagues, aides, advisers and rivals, as well as on original material from the Ronald Reagan archive, shedding fascinating new light on the Reagan-Thatcher 'special relationship', and on dozens of interviews. The Iron Lady will confirm John Campbell's Margaret Thatcher as one of the greatest political biographies of recent times. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Margaret Thatcher and the Middle East Azriel Bermant, 2016-11-03 This volume examines Margaret Thatcher's policy on the Middle East, with a spotlight on her approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: When the Lights Went Out Andy Beckett, 2010 The most dynamic, relevant and exciting history book of the year, shedding a whole new light on overlooked recent history. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: A Century of Premiers D. Leonard, 2015-12-22 During the course of the Twentieth Century, nineteen men and one woman - from Robert Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury to Tony Blair - have occupied the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher, 1998-01-07 By the time she stepped down in 1990, Margaret Thatcher had become one of her generation's outstanding political leaders, and perhaps the most powerful woman in the world. Possessing an iron will, she matched words with action in confronting the crises of the day in economic affairs, in the Falklands War, in Northern Ireland, in the great twilight struggle of the Cold War and finally in Europe. Under her leadership, Britain broke out of its decline and self-doubt to emerge once more as a major player on the international stage. Margaret Thatcher put intense effort into her major speeches. As a result, they are uniquely revealing of how she developed that clear vision which would transform Britain and help shape international politics in the late 20th century. They begin with the speeches she made as part of her campaign to mold the ideas of the Conservative Party in Opposition. They continue with the famous addresses in which she expressed her convictions as prime minister and include recent lectures in which she gives her current, and controversial, thoughts about the world today. This book of speeches is an essential companion volume to the two books of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, as well as a masterly study of one of the great political figures of our time. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: Reagan and Thatcher Richard Aldous, 2012 For decades, historians have perpetuated the myth of a Churchillian relationship between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, citing their longtime alliance as an example of the special bond between the U.S. and Britain. But, as Richard Aldous argues in this penetrating dual biography, Reagan and Thatcher clashed repeatedly - over the Falklands war, the invasion of Grenada, and SDI and nuclear weapons - while carefully cultivating a harmonious image for the public and the media. With the stakes enormously high, these political titans struggled to work together to confront the greatest threat of their time: the USSR. Brilliantly reconstructing some of their most dramatic encounters, Aldous draws on recently declassified documents and extensive oral history to dismantle the popular conception of Reagan-Thatcher diplomacy. His startling conclusion-that the weakest link in the Atlantic Alliance of the 1980s was the association between the two principal actors-will mark an important contribution to our understanding of the 20th century. |
| margaret thatcher the downing street years: A Journey with Margaret Thatcher Robin Renwick, 2013-04-02 In a remarkably candid new book, former high-ranking diplomat Robin Renwick provides a fascinating insight into Margaret Thatcher's performances on the world stage. He examines her successes, including the defeat of aggression in the Falklands, her contribution to the ending of the Cold War and her role in the Anglo-Irish agreement; her special relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev and what the Americans felt to be the excessive influence she exerted over Ronald Reagan, and attitudes towards F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela; and what she herself acknowledged as her spectacular failure in resisting German reunification. He describes at first hand her often turbulent relationships with other European leaders and her arguments with Cabinet colleagues about European monetary union (in which regard, he contends, her arguments have stood the test of time and are highly relevant to the crisis in the eurozone today). Finally, he tells of her bravura performance in the run-up to the Gulf War, her calls for intervention in Bosnia and the difficulties she created for her successor. While her faults were on the same scale as her virtues, Margaret Thatcher succeeded in her mission to restore Britain's standing and influence, in the process becoming a cult figure in many other parts of the world. Including material from the recently released War Cabinet files on the Falklands conflict, this book is an important exploration of an outstanding world leader. |
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Country names also tend to be a bit more trendy. Southern Belle, to me (from MS) is more really traditional, sometimes using mom's last name as a middle, I see that a lot. Lots of Elizabeths and …
Classic Southern names for girl? — The Bump
From my experience, they often have super traditional names (Charlotte, Margaret, Mallory, Elizabeth) with a lot of last names/maiden names as middle names. Or, formal names with cute …
My sad, pathetic name list — The Bump
Jan 25, 2013 · Margaret nn Maggie. Katherine nn Kate. Annabelle nn Anna. Charlotte nn Lottie. Evelyn nn Evie. I also like Theodore (nn Theo or Teddy), William (nn Will or Liam) and Samuel (nn …
Is Marnie a nickname? — The Bump
Jun 28, 2012 · I love it. I knew a girl in college named Marnie and it seemed very appropriate for an adult. I think of it as a regular name, not necessarily a nn.
Names that go with Cameron - The Bump
Margaret. Heather . Bridget . Married 9-4-04 ***PM me for my IF history*** Report 0 Reply. caramia582 ...
Middle Name for Eloise — The Bump
I need help for a middle name for Eloise. We are Team Green and right now have Kellen Robert picked for our boy name.
