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Can anybody recommend a book on Thatcher's impact on Britain's international standing?


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Initial post: 17 Jun 2009 18:26 BST
Basically as the title says - a list would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

In reply to an earlier post on 18 Jun 2009 13:59 BST
Last edited by the author on 18 Jun 2009 14:03 BST
 Paul Bullock says:
Unfortunately David you won't find a book devoted to this topic, but if you are reading academically then you will need to look everywhere. I suggest starting with the Economist (there is an article about her and Europe from about 1990 called Thatcher v Europe) then go on to periodicals. Its the only way to separate the wheat from the chaff in any efficient form.

If you are just reading for pleasure then you are slightly stuck looking for books specifically on this topic, as it comes up in different parts of her reign and are quite separate. Have you read much of the biographical work about her? There will always be hints about what she did (strengthened the alliance with USA, she hated further European integration etc) but you must remember that the authors cannot be too blatant so look to infer real meanings. I understand that you want to avoid the 'how Thatcher changed britain' issue which is well documented but you may have to suffer skimming over it in order to get the bits you need, find something that is quite chronologically written and jump through it (Campbell is probably the best, if a bit soft on her failings). However, there is a way around reading the whole of Campbell's biography and just getting what you would like:

If i remember rightly the seminar studies in history book was good for me when i studied her: Britain Under Thatcher (Seminar Studies In History) (Paperback)
by Dr Anthony Seldon (Author), Daniel Collings (Author)
that has a section on her 'crusade against europe'. this is a good introduction and will lead on well to the other good text i wanted to highlight:
Thatcher and Thatcherism, Eric J Evans. there are sections called Thatcher Abroad which will cover the topics you will want quite comprehensively. however, i would read them in that order. Evans is not the easiest of bedtime reads.

hope that helps

Paul

NB, the 2nd edition Evans has expanded foreign policy work according to an academic review. thats 2003 instead of 1997. that might help, i don't know, i don't have the 2nd edition.

Posted on 21 Jun 2009 20:01 BST
 ninth-wave says:
"In Pursuit of British Interests: Reflections on Foreign Policy Under Margaret Thatcher and John Major" by Sir Percy Cradock. Cradock was Thatcher's foreign policy advisor from 1984.

Posted on 26 Jun 2009 11:45 BST
Better to view this subject through the eyes of others such as President Raegan, very positive obviously, the Russians also strangely positive. European leaders, obviously not.
S.America - depends on the country - Chile positive - Argentine not. Brasil, I found to be positive all the years I was there. While she was there everyone had an opinion, Gordon Brown ? A worldwide loser and nonentity. Squanderer of oppportunity - make a good book title.

In reply to an earlier post on 3 Jul 2009 22:47 BST
 Mr. S. Ellis says:
The Falklands Play (DVD)
The Ploughmans Lunch (DVD)
Razor's Edge (book)

All are very interesting angles of Thatcher.

Posted on 4 Jul 2009 09:54 BST
 Llywarch says:
Start domestically with Simon Jenkins' excoriating and magnificent "Accountable to None" and extrapolate from there - the way the foreign policy shadowed the mendacities of the domestic is palpable and fascinating.

Posted on 22 Jul 2009 13:41 BST
I think you could to a lot worst than look at the latest edition of Andrew Gamble's Britain in Decline.

Posted on 29 Jul 2009 16:10 BST
 Grecian Ern says:
While you're looking, an interesting contrast to Thatcherism might be "Jordan:A whole new World" the best seller commentary by Katie Price.

In reply to an earlier post on 30 Jul 2009 13:37 BST
 Paul Latham says:
I would also recommend Jordan's oeuvre as I believe that the 3 volumes (so far) are truly Proustian in their depiction of 'Cool Britannia' to stand alongside the aforementioned author's dissection of Belle Epoque France.

In reply to an earlier post on 31 Jul 2009 23:41 BST
 Liammons says:
Yes when one compares Thatcher to twittering moron Cherie Blair, or the insipid 'Jordan' the Iron Lady becomes rather appealing as a female role model in society.

Posted on 4 Aug 2009 10:41 BST
 William Podmore says:
My book, 'British foreign policy since 1870', puts Thatcher in context, in the long, ugly decline of capitalism and its empire.

Posted on 5 Aug 2009 10:25 BST
 Jake Webb says:
I found the BBC Eyewitness audio book from the 1980s very informative about Thatcher "Eyewitness, the 1980s (BBC Eyewitness)" However, as the title suggests, it's more of an account rather than an assessment of her impact. None the less a good listen.

Posted on 6 Aug 2009 00:48 BST
 Dr. C. Hall says:
Paul Sharp's 'Thatcher's Diplomacy' is the text.

Posted on 19 Sep 2009 14:44 BST
 Anthony Long says:
Any of the Steve Bell yearbooks from the years when Attilla the Hen clucked the place up good and proper.

Posted on 20 Sep 2009 19:35 BST
 T. Heginbotham says:
There's one called 'The Thatcher Phenomenon'. Though I found it in a charity shop.

Posted on 13 Nov 2009 20:40 GMT
Last edited by the author on 13 Nov 2009 20:44 GMT
 A Nobody says:
Books about Thatcher's impact on Britain...?

Aren't there treatises concerning an "Iron Maiden"...?

Something about an intractable, stubborn bit of ironmongery trundling piggishly along pig iron rails often given aggressive female names like "Boudica"?
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