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03266aam a2200493Ii 4500 001 65835B5C46B111E3AB24AE84DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220519010419 008 130909s2013 nyuaf b 001 0beng d 020 $a 1620403420 020 $a 9781620403426 035 $a (OCoLC)857775970 040 $a UPZ $b eng $e rda $c UPZ $d ABG $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a DA591.T47 $b A65 2013 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Aitken, Jonathan, $d 1942- $e author. 245 10 $a Margaret Thatcher : $b power and personality / $c Jonathan Aitken. 250 $a First U.S. edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Bloomsbury USA, $c 2013. 300 $a xx, 764 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [693]-747) and index. 505 0 $a The 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. 520 $a Cabinet-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. 600 10 $a Thatcher, Margaret. 610 20 $a Conservative Party (Great Britain) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women prime ministers $v Biography. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Politics and government $y 1979-1997. 941 $a 13 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091644.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722040253.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829013004.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217022134.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403031814.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418095814.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20150911034721.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20150520012021.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20150509021921.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150509014406.0 952 $l ZLPD437 $d 20150213140002.0 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20140401093743.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20131219011804.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=65835B5C46B111E3AB24AE84DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search