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Margaret Thatcher : power and personality, Jonathan Aitken

Creator
Author
Summary
Cabinet-member and forty-year friend Jonathan Aitken discusses the importance of Thatcher's strong and sometimes difficult personality on political events and decisions and includes Aitken's witness perspective at both private and public episodes of her life
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 764 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
Contents
  • The early years
  • The War, grammar school, and fighting her headmistress
  • Oxford, boyfriends, and political ambition
  • First steps in politics
  • Marriage, motherhood, and Finchley
  • First years in Parliament, 1959-1964
  • Front-bench opposition
  • Secretary of State for Education
  • Health on the ropes
  • Winning the leadership
  • Leader of the Opposition : a fragile beginning
  • Three frustrating years
  • Last lap to the election
  • The final ascent to No. 10
  • First moves as Prime Minister
  • The learning curve
  • First steps in foreign affairs
  • Storm clouds on the economy and in the Cabinet
  • The Falklands War I : the prelude
  • The Falklands War II : into the fighting
  • The Falklands War III : victory
  • After the Falklands
  • Stumbling into the second term
  • Terrorism, Ireland, and Hong Kong
  • Battling for Britain in Saudi Arabia
  • Unions and miners
  • Strengthening the special relationship with Ronald Reagan
  • Starting to win the Cold War - -Rumblings of discontent
  • Into the third term
  • Trouble with Nigel Lawson
  • Swinging towards Euroscepticism
  • Boiling over on Europe
  • Exit the Chancellor, enter the stalking horse
  • Countdown to the coup
  • End game
  • Exit
  • The agony after the fall
  • Snapshots of her retirement years
Isbn
9781620403433
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2AE1982C-321B-4F60-B59D-054239594194
Instance
Label
Margaret Thatcher : power and personality
Title
Margaret Thatcher
Title remainder
power and personality
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Aitken
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Cabinet-member and forty-year friend Jonathan Aitken discusses the importance of Thatcher's strong and sometimes difficult personality on political events and decisions and includes Aitken's witness perspective at both private and public episodes of her life
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1942-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Aitken, Jonathan
Dewey number
941.085/7/0924
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
DA591.T47
LC item number
A65 2013eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Thatcher, Margaret
  • Conservative Party (Great Britain)
  • Women prime ministers
  • Great Britain
Label
Margaret Thatcher : power and personality, Jonathan Aitken
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2AE1982C-321B-4F60-B59D-054239594194
Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [693]-747) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The early years -- The War, grammar school, and fighting her headmistress -- Oxford, boyfriends, and political ambition -- First steps in politics -- Marriage, motherhood, and Finchley -- First years in Parliament, 1959-1964 -- Front-bench opposition -- Secretary of State for Education -- Health on the ropes -- Winning the leadership -- Leader of the Opposition : a fragile beginning -- Three frustrating years -- Last lap to the election -- The final ascent to No. 10 -- First moves as Prime Minister -- The learning curve -- First steps in foreign affairs -- Storm clouds on the economy and in the Cabinet -- The Falklands War I : the prelude -- The Falklands War II : into the fighting -- The Falklands War III : victory -- After the Falklands -- Stumbling into the second term -- Terrorism, Ireland, and Hong Kong -- Battling for Britain in Saudi Arabia -- Unions and miners -- Strengthening the special relationship with Ronald Reagan -- Starting to win the Cold War - -Rumblings of discontent -- Into the third term -- Trouble with Nigel Lawson -- Swinging towards Euroscepticism -- Boiling over on Europe -- Exit the Chancellor, enter the stalking horse -- Countdown to the coup -- End game -- Exit -- The agony after the fall -- Snapshots of her retirement years
Control code
ocn863059344
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 764 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781620403433
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations (some color).
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)863059344
Label
Margaret Thatcher : power and personality, Jonathan Aitken
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2AE1982C-321B-4F60-B59D-054239594194
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [693]-747) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The early years -- The War, grammar school, and fighting her headmistress -- Oxford, boyfriends, and political ambition -- First steps in politics -- Marriage, motherhood, and Finchley -- First years in Parliament, 1959-1964 -- Front-bench opposition -- Secretary of State for Education -- Health on the ropes -- Winning the leadership -- Leader of the Opposition : a fragile beginning -- Three frustrating years -- Last lap to the election -- The final ascent to No. 10 -- First moves as Prime Minister -- The learning curve -- First steps in foreign affairs -- Storm clouds on the economy and in the Cabinet -- The Falklands War I : the prelude -- The Falklands War II : into the fighting -- The Falklands War III : victory -- After the Falklands -- Stumbling into the second term -- Terrorism, Ireland, and Hong Kong -- Battling for Britain in Saudi Arabia -- Unions and miners -- Strengthening the special relationship with Ronald Reagan -- Starting to win the Cold War - -Rumblings of discontent -- Into the third term -- Trouble with Nigel Lawson -- Swinging towards Euroscepticism -- Boiling over on Europe -- Exit the Chancellor, enter the stalking horse -- Countdown to the coup -- End game -- Exit -- The agony after the fall -- Snapshots of her retirement years
Control code
ocn863059344
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 764 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781620403433
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations (some color).
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)863059344

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