The Downing Street Years (Margaret Thatcher's Memoirs #2) 
What I notice most profoundly is the passion she writes with trying at all costs to justify every action she made. She's a very practical woman with very little room to criticize herself. Overall, I enjoyed what I read.
Margaret Thatcher was a woman who rescued her nation from it's economic woes and inspired a whole generation to rise above the challenges they faced. Her courage, determination, and passion may never be seen again. In this book, she focuses on the tasks she performed while in office and explains the difficult decisions she made. Unlike Winston Churchill who valued the books he wrote just as much as his accomplishments, Thatcher didn't want her decisions recorded. It took pressure to persuade her
What IS it about British history & culture...and the near BIBLICAL length of analysis that seems to accompany each book?!?Ok...I don't mind THAT much...but it does make reading such books feel like a trek up Everest. What's more surprising is that (1) it's about a woman who I philosophically oppose in every way, and (2) this woman is apparently a hell of a great writer. If you're going to get someone's P.O.V. it should always be as engrossing as this memoir. The memoir to end ALL political

An epic undertaking of biblical proportions reading the political career of one of the most controversial leaders of the western world who divided opinion not only in the United Kingdom but the World. Whether you love her or hate her this is a worthwhile read. Of course she did try to show herself in the best of lights but what political leader wouldnt, but I do believe that she also openly admitted when she believed she had failed in her responsibilities as leader of this nation. And when one
I had grand intentions of improving myself by reading this book about a woman I admire, but each night I ended up picking up my fiction novel instead. Hopefully I'll return to this when I'm feeling more earnest in the future?:)
I am very much a product of the 1980s. The first political act I remember was Wilson's resignation as Prime Minister in 1976 and Jim Callaghan's rise to power in his wake. Consequently Callaghan's subsequent loss to Thatcher is the first election I remember.This book looks at the decade plus that she was in power. It's an interesting book, because she talks about the things that drew me to student politics in the late 1980s. But anyone who reads it now will find it reads more like a historical
I listened to this on tape and I also plan on reading the hard cover. I got the audio version from the library but bought both parts of her biographies. I am totally fascinated with Margaret Thatcher. I've read several books on her and can't seem to get enough. She is extremely intelligent, very frank, confident, principled and was the right person for Great Britain while the U.S. had Ronald Reagan. Its amazing how things were orchestrated during their time in power. God definitely had a plan.
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| Title | : | The Downing Street Years (Margaret Thatcher's Memoirs #2) |
| Author | : | Margaret Thatcher |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 914 pages |
| Published | : | March 13th 1995 by HarperCollins (first published January 1st 1993) |
| Categories | : | Biography. Politics. Nonfiction. History. Autobiography |
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Margaret Thatcher was a woman who rescued her nation from it's economic woes and inspired a whole generation to rise above the challenges they faced. Her courage, determination, and passion may never be seen again. In this book, she focuses on the tasks she performed while in office and explains the difficult decisions she made. Unlike Winston Churchill who valued the books he wrote just as much as his accomplishments, Thatcher didn't want her decisions recorded. It took pressure to persuade her to write the story.What I notice most profoundly is the passion she writes with trying at all costs to justify every action she made. She's a very practical woman with very little room to criticize herself. Overall, I enjoyed what I read.
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| Original Title: | The Downing Street Years |
| ISBN: | 0006383211 (ISBN13: 9780006383215) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Margaret Thatcher's Memoirs #2 |
| Characters: | Margaret Thatcher |
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This book summarizes the tenure of Margaret Thatcher's eleven years as Prime Minister of Great Britain. It provides excellent insight into the economic circumstances that swept her into office as well as those issues surrounding the war in the Falkland Islands, the first Gulf War, the IRA, her friendship with Ronald Reagan, the downfall of communism, the liberation of eastern Europe and all of the remarkable successes of her administraion. The book also highlights the curious fickleness ofMargaret Thatcher was a woman who rescued her nation from it's economic woes and inspired a whole generation to rise above the challenges they faced. Her courage, determination, and passion may never be seen again. In this book, she focuses on the tasks she performed while in office and explains the difficult decisions she made. Unlike Winston Churchill who valued the books he wrote just as much as his accomplishments, Thatcher didn't want her decisions recorded. It took pressure to persuade her
What IS it about British history & culture...and the near BIBLICAL length of analysis that seems to accompany each book?!?Ok...I don't mind THAT much...but it does make reading such books feel like a trek up Everest. What's more surprising is that (1) it's about a woman who I philosophically oppose in every way, and (2) this woman is apparently a hell of a great writer. If you're going to get someone's P.O.V. it should always be as engrossing as this memoir. The memoir to end ALL political

An epic undertaking of biblical proportions reading the political career of one of the most controversial leaders of the western world who divided opinion not only in the United Kingdom but the World. Whether you love her or hate her this is a worthwhile read. Of course she did try to show herself in the best of lights but what political leader wouldnt, but I do believe that she also openly admitted when she believed she had failed in her responsibilities as leader of this nation. And when one
I had grand intentions of improving myself by reading this book about a woman I admire, but each night I ended up picking up my fiction novel instead. Hopefully I'll return to this when I'm feeling more earnest in the future?:)
I am very much a product of the 1980s. The first political act I remember was Wilson's resignation as Prime Minister in 1976 and Jim Callaghan's rise to power in his wake. Consequently Callaghan's subsequent loss to Thatcher is the first election I remember.This book looks at the decade plus that she was in power. It's an interesting book, because she talks about the things that drew me to student politics in the late 1980s. But anyone who reads it now will find it reads more like a historical
I listened to this on tape and I also plan on reading the hard cover. I got the audio version from the library but bought both parts of her biographies. I am totally fascinated with Margaret Thatcher. I've read several books on her and can't seem to get enough. She is extremely intelligent, very frank, confident, principled and was the right person for Great Britain while the U.S. had Ronald Reagan. Its amazing how things were orchestrated during their time in power. God definitely had a plan.


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