Margaret Thatcher

This volume studies Margaret Thatcher and her influence on British politics with the American reader in mind. E. Bruce Geelhoed interprets Thatcher's strengths and weaknesses as a political leader and analyzes the important trends in modern British politics. Drawing on the author's own experience as an expatriate eyewitness to the latter part of the Thatcher era, interviews with numerous British scholars and political observers, and a thorough examination of relevant published sources on the Thatcher years, this book provides an unique analysis of this extraordinary woman's leadership and the closing years of her era.

Scholars and general readers in modern British history and politics will find this fascinating reading, both for its chronicle of the latter Thatcher years and its insightful analysis of that prime minister's strengths and weakness, accomplishments and failures.

Preface
Introduction: The Bitterest Election Since World War II
Margaret Thatcher, The Chingford Skinhead, and Lucky Lawson
Mission to Moscow
Neil Kinnock and the Loony Left
Defense: The Achilles Heel of the Labour Party
Election Fever
TBW vs. Mr. Nice Guy
Third Term Thatcher
Politics By Entrepreneurialism
"It's a Funny Old World"
Selected Bibliography
Index