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A newly edited, singlevolume commemorative edition of the path to power and the downing street years. I came out of it with a more positive opinion of magaret thatcher than when i started. Reading this book and comprehending all of its contents is a challenge. Book this book does not require a rating on the projects quality scale. I have an understanding about a character that is almost myth, complete with school children rhymes and. Dec 31, 2019 it is tempting to say it was solely the poll tax that brought thatcher down. Why margaret thatcher matters, claire berlinski explains what thatcher did, why it matters, and how she she pulled it off producing a vivid and immensely readable portrait of one of the towering figures of the twentieth century. Robin harris editng makes the book easy to read and the policical philosophy of margaret thatcher comes through clearly from almost every page. The tax was politically unworkable, and it seemed unlikely to succeed in its goals.
No other prime minister in modern times sought to change the british nation. A beautiful hardback book with full colour glossy wrapper. Margaret thatcher margaret thatcher was one of the most influential prime ministers in british history. Margaret thatcher deluxe leather bound book, with a beautiful margaret thatcher signature to the title page. On the uk domestic front she instituted many free market reforms, implemented the controversial poll tax and reduced the power of trades unions. List of books and articles about margaret thatcher online. Before her election, it was difficult even to conceive of the possibility that the steady leftward march of history could be slowed, much less reversed or stopped. Aug 24, 20 covering the time from thatcher s birth up to her role in the falklands war in 1982, margaret thatcher.
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