This author became known for her uncompromising political style, earning her the nickname the "Iron Lady." Her tenure was marked by a long period in power and a determination to implement her vision despite significant opposition. Her contributions to political discourse and impact on modern British history continue to be subjects of debate and analysis. She wrote with a conviction and force that resonated across the political spectrum.
First published in her pioneering treatise Statecraft, the opinions and
projections of the former Prime Minister on Europe remain potent and
resoundingly prophetic. Margaret Thatcher foresaw the European Union as a
swelling superstate, gradually eroding Britain's freedom. Irreparable and
doomed, European integration did not allow for the birthright of nationhood.
It was the most recent incarnation of an idea that has been tried many times
before, and the outcomes were far from happy. During my lifetime, she says,
most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or other,
from mainland Europe, and the solutions from outside it.
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.
Britain's first female Prime Minister - and the only British Prime Minister of the 20th century to win three consecutive general elections - shares her story as only she can in this engaging memoir.
The ninth biggest country in the world, Kazakhstan stretches from Europe to China, supplying from vast resources its petroleum and gas by pipeline to Western and world markets via the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and simultaneously by direct pipeline to China. Economically, politically and socially Kazakhstan is increasingly seen as an exemplar of prosperity, sound management, national - albeit ethnically diverse - cohesion, and international sagacity befitting its pivotal geo-political position.Born into a family of transhumant herders of eastern Kazakhstan in July 1940, Nursultan Nazarbayev is now the President of Kazakhstan.
In this British bestseller, Thatcher brings her unrivaled political experience to bear on the threats that democracy faces at the dawn of the new millennium and the role Western powers should play in the world's hotspots, especially in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. 8-page photo insert.
This highly acclaimed volume of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs reflects back on her life before her monumental election in 1979. Here are the impulses, events and influences that led her from Grantham to London, from being a grocer's daughter to a woman of indomitable character who dominated the stage of world affairs for more than a decade. 95 b&w photos.
"The appearance of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs has been one of the most eagerly awaited publishing events in many years. As this book now shows, rarely has such a sense of anticipation been so amply justified." "The Downing Street Years is, first and foremost, a brilliant first-hand portrayal of the events and personalities of her years in power. She gives riveting accounts of the great and critical moments of her premiership - the three election victories, the Falklands War, the Miners' Strike, the Brighton Bomb, the Westland Affair, her battles abroad with foreign federalists and at home with faint-hearted or misguided ministers. Her judgements of the men and women she has encountered, whether world statesmen or Cabinet colleagues, are completely, sometimes brutally, frank. She is lavish with praise where it is due; devastating in her criticism when it is not. The book ends with an account of her last days which is as gripping as anything in thriller fiction." "But The Downing Street Years is as much an argument as it is a record or a series of character portraits. No prime minister of modern times has sought to change Britain and its place in the world as radically as she did. Her government, she says, was about the application of a philosophy, not the implementation of an administrative programme. She sets out here with forcefulness and conviction the reasons for her beliefs and how she sought to turn them into action."
