Thatcher: The Road to Power

Author: (British) Thatcher
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Margaret Thatcher, the female politician who changed Britain, influenced the world, and impressed everyone, achieved remarkable accomplishments during her 11-year tenure as Prime Minister: vigorously reforming, propelling the British economy to take off, and elevating this once declining traditional capitalist nation to the top four in the world; winning the Falklands War, maintaining a special relationship with the United States, and consolidating Britain's dominant position in world politics. She also created multiple "firsts" in British political history: she was the first female leader of the Conservative Party, widely regarded as a "man's territory"; she was the first female Prime Minister in British history; she set a precedent in British political history by being re-elected as Prime Minister three times; and she was the first Prime Minister in British history to name the policies she promoted after herself ("Thatcherism" and "Thatcher Revolution"). This book is Mrs. Thatcher's memoir, which presents her perspective and shows us how this ordinary girl, born with a natural affinity for politics and immersed in the fierce political struggles, managed to rise above her humble origins through relentless effort and tenacious struggle, proving herself as capable as any man ("women can hold their own"), and climbed the ladder of success step by step in a traditionally conservative country like Britain, amidst the whirlpools and turbulent currents of Conservative Party political struggles, ultimately entering No. 10 Downing Street and reaching the pinnacle of power.