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02706aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 2C8981423E3011E4861469EFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140917010101 008 130114s2013 enkacf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013433682 020 $a 1849545332 (hbk.) 020 $a 9781849545334 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)846904364 040 $a Nz $b eng $e rda $c NZWPM $d OUN $d YDXCP $d RID $d VP@ $d DLC $d IOG $d SILO 050 00 $a DA589.8 $b .R46 2013 050 00 $a DA589.8 $b .R46 2013 082 04 $a 327.41009048 $2 23 100 1 $a Renwick, Robin, $e author. 245 12 $a A journey with Margaret Thatcher : $b foreign policy under the Iron Lady / $c Robin Renwick. 246 30 $a Margaret Thatcher : $b foreign policy under the Iron Lady. 264 1 $a London : $b Biteback, $c 2013. 300 $a xxvi, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "A Journey with Margaret Thatcher is an extraordinary insider's account of British foreign policy under Margaret Thatcher by one of her key advisers. Providing a closeup view of the Iron Lady in action, former high-ranking diplomat Robin Renwick examines her diplomatic successes--including the defeat of aggression in the Falklands, what the Americans felt to be the excessive influence she exerted on Ronald Reagan, her special relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev and contribution to the ending of the Cold War, the Anglo-Irish agreement, her influence with de Klerk in South Africa and relationship with Nelson Mandela--and what she herself acknowledged as her spectacular failure in resisting German reunification. He describes at first hand her often turbulent relationship with other European leaders and her arguments with her Cabinet colleagues about European monetary union (in which regard, he contends, her arguments have stood the test of time better and are highly relevant to the crisis in the eurozone today). Finally, the book 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"--Publisher description. 600 10 $a Thatcher, Margaret. 610 20 $a Conservative Party (Great Britain) 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $y 1945- 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826074237.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917012210.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2C8981423E3011E4861469EFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search