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000471282 1001_ $$aAitken, Jonathan,$$d1942-$$eauthor.
000471282 24510 $$aMargaret Thatcher :$$bpower and personality /$$cJonathan Aitken.
000471282 250__ $$aFirst U.S. edition.
000471282 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bBloomsbury USA,$$c2013.
000471282 300__ $$axx, 764 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$$billustrations (some color) ;$$c25 cm
000471282 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000471282 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000471282 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000471282 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [693]-747) and index.
000471282 5050_ $$aThe early years -- The War, grammar school, and fighting her headmistress -- Oxford, boyfriends, and political ambition -- First steps in politics -- Marriage, motherhood, and Finchley -- First years in Parliament, 1959-1964 -- Front-bench opposition -- Secretary of State for Education -- Health on the ropes -- Winning the leadership -- Leader of the Opposition : a fragile beginning -- Three frustrating years -- Last lap to the election -- The final ascent to No. 10 -- First moves as Prime Minister -- The learning curve -- First steps in foreign affairs -- Storm clouds on the economy and in the Cabinet -- The Falklands War I : the prelude -- The Falklands War II : into the fighting -- The Falklands War III : victory -- After the Falklands -- Stumbling into the second term -- Terrorism, Ireland, and Hong Kong -- Battling for Britain in Saudi Arabia -- Unions and miners -- Strengthening the special relationship with Ronald Reagan -- Starting to win the Cold War - -Rumblings of discontent -- Into the third term -- Trouble with Nigel Lawson -- Swinging towards Euroscepticism -- Boiling over on Europe -- Exit the Chancellor, enter the stalking horse -- Countdown to the coup -- End game -- Exit -- The agony after the fall -- Snapshots of her retirement years.
000471282 520__ $$aCabinet-member and forty-year friend Jonathan Aitken discusses the importance of Thatcher's strong and sometimes difficult personality on political events and decisions and includes Aitken's witness perspective at both private and public episodes of her life.
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000471282 60010 $$aThatcher, Margaret.
000471282 61020 $$aConservative Party (Great Britain)$$vBiography.
000471282 650_0 $$aWomen prime ministers$$vBiography.
000471282 651_0 $$aGreat Britain$$xPolitics and government$$y1979-1997.
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