Margaret Thatcher: In Victory and Downfall, 1987 and 1990

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This study presents Margaret Thatcher and her influence on British politics with the American reader in mind. Geelhoed interprets Thatcher's strength 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 an examination of the relevant published sources on the Thatcher years, this volume provides an analysis of her leadership and the closing years of her era.

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Nearly two years after her resignation as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Thatcher's rancorous leadership style continues to fascinate observers of European politics. Geelhoed was in Britain when Thatcher's controversial reign came to an abrupt end. He offers a largely positive (if somewhat bland) assessment of her government's policies in the areas of defense, industrial relations, and the welfare state. Geelhoed also casts a critical eye on the transformation of Neil Kinnock's Labour Party in this period.-Library Journal
"Nearly two years after her resignation as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Thatcher's rancorous leadership style continues to fascinate observers of European politics. Geelhoed was in Britain when Thatcher's controversial reign came to an abrupt end. He offers a largely positive (if somewhat bland) assessment of her government's policies in the areas of defense, industrial relations, and the welfare state. Geelhoed also casts a critical eye on the transformation of Neil Kinnock's Labour Party in this period."-Library Journal

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E. BRUCE GEELHOED is Associate Professor of History and Acting Director of the Center for Middletown Studies at Ball State University. In 1987 he was appointed Visiting Professor of American Civilization at Westminster College, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including Charles E. Wilson and Controversy at the Pentagon, 1953 to 1957 (1979) and, with M.A. Gates, The Dragon and the Snake: An American Account of the Turmoil in China, 1976-1977 (1986).