This is an engaging exploration of Margaret Thatcher's life and her career, as well as her most famous and infamous opinions, utterances and speeches, some hilarious, others controversial, and some surprisingly compassionate, allowing you to discover for yourself the woman behind the "Iron Lady" image.
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This review is from: The World According to Margaret Thatcher (The World According to series) (Hardcover)
It is interesting to read a book about a modern political figure where it is completely obvious that the author(s) would never have voted for her in a million years. And yet you can tell that they have tried very hard to be "balanced". What you end up with is a book that relates the facts carefully but the use of adjectives leaves little question of the authors' opinion. The authors also tend to overstate the negatives so that contrary opinions held by small minorities are given equal weight to the prevailing wisdom with little indication. Occasionally they throw their act of impartiality out the window like when they name a chapter "Margaret Defends the Indefensible". That gave me a good laugh.
If you are looking for a SHORT (135 page) overview of Thatcher and her times this one isn't bad. Aside from the obvious bias, the book does suffer for its length. For example, several chapters focus on the "poll tax" and its roll in her downfall without ever actually explaining what this tax involved or why it was unpopular. Overall it is was a quick and simple read; it gives the basic details and can serve as an aid to further reading. Other than that, it offers little.
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In 1995 John Logie Baird transmitted the first television broadcast from his laboratory; Al Capone took over the bootlegging racket in Chicago; Ben-Hur, costing a record-breaking 3.95 million to make, was released; the worst tornado in American history hit Illinios and Indiana. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, John Major, House of Commons, Conservative Party, Geoffrey Howe, Michael Heseltine, The Downing Street Years, Edward Heath, Ronald Reagan, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Douglas Hurd, Falkland Islands, Norman Tebbit, South Georgia, Foreign Office, Foreign Secretary, Nigel Lawson, Northern Ireland, Port Stanley, Defence Secretary, Harold Wilson, Leon Brittan, Airey Neave, Brian Walden New!
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In 1995 John Logie Baird transmitted the first television broadcast from his laboratory; Al Capone took over the bootlegging racket in Chicago; Ben-Hur, costing a record-breaking 3.95 million to make, was released; the worst tornado in American history hit Illinios and Indiana. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
party conference speech, right honourable gentleman, second ballot, community charge Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, John Major, House of Commons, Conservative Party, Geoffrey Howe, Michael Heseltine, The Downing Street Years, Edward Heath, Ronald Reagan, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Douglas Hurd, Falkland Islands, Norman Tebbit, South Georgia, Foreign Office, Foreign Secretary, Nigel Lawson, Northern Ireland, Port Stanley, Defence Secretary, Harold Wilson, Leon Brittan, Airey Neave, Brian Walden New!
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- The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher on 13 pages
- The Path to Power by Margaret Thatcher on 4 pages
- The Labour Party: A Centenary History by Brian Brivati on page 67, and page 128
- Memories of Maggie: A Portrait of Margaret Thatcher by Iain Dale in Back Matter
- The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher by Margaret Thatcher in Back Matter
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- Leadership (Management Pocketbooks S.) by Fiona Elsa Dent in Back Matter
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