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Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World Hardcover – April 16, 2002

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In Statecraft, Margaret Thatcher, a unique world figure, discusses global military, political, and economic challenges of the twenty0first century. The former British Prime Minister brings her unrivaled political experience to comment 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.

Reflecting on the lessons of the Cold War, she outlines the foundation of U.S. dominance and its mission as the only global superpower. Thatcher offers wise observations about the dangers posed by Balkan instability, rogue states, Islamic extremism, and international terrorism -- and suggests strategies to counter them. She also examines current trends in Russia, China, India, the Far East, Europe and Great Britain, and offers guidance for the future. Noting how every contemporary problem evokes demands for a global solution, Thatcher also warns of over-reliance on international institutions at the expense of nation states.

Statecraft is an incisive treatise on power in the age of globalism, written by a legendary world statesperson with a matchless combination of principles, experience and shrewdness.

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Born in 1925, Margaret Thatcher rose to become the first woman to lead a major Western democracy. She won three successive general elections and served as prime minister for more than eleven years, from 1979 to 1990, a record unmatched in the twentieth century.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper; 1st edition (April 16, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 486 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060199733
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060199739
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 1.53 x 9.25 inches

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Margaret Thatcher (1925 - 2013) rose to become the first woman to lead a major Western democracy. She won three successive general elections and served as prime minister for more than eleven years, from 1979 to 1990, a record unmatched in the twentieth century.

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Christopher

A Geopolitical Tour de Force

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020

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Statecraft is a prescient discussion of the geopolitical challenges and opportunities facing the world. Fascinating in its political discussion! Thatcher is an extremely engaging writer - her style is crystal clear and confident (there's no equivocation) - and she calls on the vast experience she accumulated from over a decade as the head of government of a great power. Given contemporary debates and politics, Statecraft provides a unique angle on globalization. This is also a useful autobiographical account shedding some light on Thatcher's busy public life and adventures after she left office.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2002

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With Statecraft Margaret Thatcher takes us for a walk through the last quarter of the 20th century and provides us with her interpretations of the challenges we face at the dawn of the 21st. To be clear she provides ample evidence in defense of the policies she and Ronald Reagan laid down in the 1980's and a perspective that only can come from one who was intimately involved. But more importantly she provides a lucent examination the framework upon which international relations are conducted in the world today. This is not one of those lightweight looks at globalization found in the business section but rather a remarkably broad, deep and insightful look at the forces that have shaped international relations today. A must for anyone truly interested in international relations regardless of your politics.

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A good book about an amazing woman.

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016

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I bought this book used but the book was just as good as if it hadn't ever been read. This book was recommended by a friend and he was right on as Margaret Thatcher was an amazing woman.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019

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The book arrived as expected

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2016

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The speeches of Margaret Thatcher are insights into the values conservatism in a liberal society. Well worth the read.

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I purchased this book after reading its review in the WSJ. If you love history you will love this book.

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Reminds Me Of Another Prime Minister

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2002

Margaret Thatcher's place in history is already firmly established. She earned her place in history's pantheon of great leaders in large part through her unprecedented 3 consecutive electoral victories and the years in office they allowed her to serve, and she continues to closely follow and study global politics as a respected former stateswoman. She is as competent to write on world politics as any leader currently in office, and more qualified than many, whether they currently serve or have served in the past.
Lady Thatcher does not mince words, spin ideas, nor does she change her beliefs to suit the mood of the day. In this book she takes many positions that are not fashionable, politically correct, and will not be welcomed by many in or out of office. She presents her case on dozens of issues and offers summaries of what she believes should be done. I would very much enjoy a rebuttal as competent as her presentation; I doubt very much that I would be swayed. I had the privilege of attending one of her speeches, and if you find her persuasive via her writing, she is extraordinary in person.
That are many topics that deserve close focus, but I enjoyed her extended discussion of what she terms, "euro-land". I may be wrong, but I feel she equates the usefulness and future of The European Union to be as fictional as another land, that of Disney. Disney deals in fantasy, governments should not. The union is also referred to as a form of United States Of Europe; this fiction is dismembered by Lady Thatcher in great detail, and with arguments of more substance than those who advocate the union. She believes that it is inevitable that the program will fail, and that history will record it as one of the greatest follies attempted in history.
Globalism and the concepts of global citizenship are dead on arrival by any rational measure. The European Union is doomed for the same reasons. The world is not populated by homogenous people, language, laws, customs, beliefs, morals, systems of government, or common national interests. And this list is just a small sample. Members who issue the Euro give up a fundamental element of their sovereignty, their right to issue legal tender and manage their economies. The citizens are subject to the laws of their nation, and again this is compromised when a supra-authority like euro-land government develops. Defenders cite the tradition of international law, the miserable record of international law and courts preempts any such defense.
Lady Thatcher also points out the aspirations to produce a military force from the members of the union. Most of these aspirations, which are no more than still born fantasies, are often put forward by two of the members, Germany and France. It's amazing how short memories are. I am not suggesting that Germany has any desire to go to war once again, but it is historical fact that as a nation (now fully reunited) they have not worked and played well with their neighbors. France has routinely been run over or has run away from a German advance. Perhaps France is attempting to make friends with the bully that has historically damaged them so badly. They have a history of collaboration with their nation's enemies; they even round up their own citizens and deport them when told to do so by an occupier. Germany will dominate any union; France will be used as is convenient. The arrogance that is often a hallmark of France is almost laughable to read when they state their intention of creating a union to rival The United States not only economically, but to be independent militarily. As the book provides the facts about military strength and spending at present, and the ability of members to spend, the idea of a military group independent of NATO is simply absurd.
Lady Thatcher virtually walks the reader around the globe on the dozens of trips she has made since leaving office. Her observations are not drawn from reflection in her home, but from first hand experience. How many present or former leaders have stood at mass graves in the former Yugoslavia as bodies were being exhumed? She has, and these first hand on-site experiences give her the authoritative knowledge to comment and suggest. She also maintains relationships with nearly all of the heads of state she interacted with as Prime Minister and many that took office after she departed.
The book is dedicated to President Ronald Reagan, "To whom the world owes so much". The special relationship she had with President Reagan, and the good fortune the world had from these two people in occupying office together for many years, has literally written some of the greatest events of the 20th Century.
I said that she reminded me of another Prime Minister of England. My reasons for saying this grow from her candor, her absolute core beliefs, and her willingness to state what the truth is when it is so unpopular to do so. She rightfully has no time for the nonsense that is political correctness. And even though when he was asked about the likelihood of a woman as Prime Minister he thought the idea was so absurd he barely answered, I believe that were he alive, Prime Minister Churchill would have been a supporter and admirer of Prime Minister Thatcher.

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Matthias

Pflichtlektüre!

Reviewed in Germany on March 4, 2019

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Thatcher war eine Dame, die es verstand Politik zu machen. Integrität, Pragmatismus und Fokussierung auf Fakten waren ihre Hauptmerkmale.
Heute gibt es Politiker des Formats "Thatcher" nur noch selten. In West-Europa sitzt heute niemand mehr an den Hebeln der Macht, der auch nur annähernd an Thatcher heranreichen könnte. Schade für West-Europa!

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Fascinating, enlightening, actual

Reviewed in Italy on May 7, 2017

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Statecraft is the art of running states. The book talks about statecraft around the world: in the former Soviet bloc, in the (then) newly emerging Asian economies, in the new problems and opportunities brought about by the European Union and by the "global governance" plans of moving political power from nation-states toward worldwide administrative structures. Except possibly for the reflections about the Cold War, no theme the book touches is out-of-date: its relevance today, 15 years after the writing of the book, is if possible even more pronounced.

Mrs Thatcher's book strikes a balance between the conflicting needs of efficient and representative governance. More often than not, policies destroy wealth through excessive regulation, taxation, legal privileges, or indebtedness, and they push nations to the brink of collapse with fiscal and financial fragility. The temptation to tie the hands of governments is however at odds with their representativeness, and thus with the stability of democracies. Squaring the circle between these two needs is in a sense the essence of statecraft.

Nowadays, the political menu is between closed-world reactionaries and open-world utopians. Neither of them has a realistic worldview to offer. Nothing in globalism or cosmopolitanism (or even "europeism") provides the foundation for a tenable political order, devoid as they are of emotional ties, historical roots, democratic legitimacy. Nothing in the actual reaction of the "nationalist" forces against the "new world order" in both Europe and the US shows understanding of the importance of global openness, competitiveness and commitment. At least one truism between the need and usefulness of open societies, and their inherent rootlessness and unresponsiveness and thus political instability, is assumed away by both camps. The choice is between two different blind spots, not two tenable visions of what societies are up for.

Thatcher's book accepts the conflict between these two forces, and proposes a tenable compromise: political societies based on actual historical and cultural bonds (such as nations), open to the world (especially for trade and science, which are inherently global), based on accountability and responsiveness toward their respective electorates.

Mrs. Thatcher will probably roll in her grave if I call her approach a "Third Way", but that's exactly what the book is about: the depiction of a feasible and realistic alternative to the unsatisfactory menus offered by today's politics.

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Insightful, articulate thought provoking study of foreign affairs.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2013

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Buy this book if you're interested in a bold, opinionated perspective on foreign affairs from someone right at the heart of the matters discussed for 20 years. Accepting that given its publication in 2001/2002 some of it has inevitably been superseded by subsequent events its still incredibly powerful and the comments about the inevitable move of the EU to a federal Europe and the challenge that would pose for the UK uncannily prescient!

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Fantastic book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2020

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Very good book, written in her style. I purchased a second hand copy in very good condition. I opened the front page to see it had been signed by the lady herself. Now one of my prized possessions.

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Reviewed in Germany on April 7, 2013

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Ein weitsichtiges Buch einer großen Dame der Weltpolitik. Viele aktuelle politische Themen sind hier bereits beschrieben und werden interessant durchdekliniert. Beeindruckend.

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