Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 941.0858092
EAN: 9780060187347
ISBN: 0060187344
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 688
Publication Date: January 28, 1998
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: January 07, 1998
Sales Rank: 641440
Studio: HarperCollins

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
By the time she stepped down in 1990, Margaret Thatcher had become one of her generation's outstanding political leaders, and perhaps the most powerful woman in the world. Possessing an iron will, she matched words with action in confronting the crises of the day in economic affairs, in the Falklands War, in Northern Ireland, in the great twilight struggle of the Cold War and finally in Europe. Margaret Thatcher's speeches are revealing of how she developed the vision which would help shape international politics in the late 20th century. They begin with the speeches she made as part of her campaign to mould the ideas of the Conservative Party in Opposition. They continue with the famous addresses in which she expressed her convictions as prime minister and include lectures in which she gives her current, and controversial, thoughts about the world in 1999.




Rating: - For serious politicos/students only...
There was once a time when orations and speeches of major players cast the mold for society and its subsequent historical frame. In the era of soundbites, that is far from true today. Speeches tend to be ignored save for the soundbites, and if the major points cannot be put into bulleted forms for display in the blue box above the newsanchor's shoulder, then often it will be ignored.

I wasn't sure if this book of speeches was intended to be the third of a three-volume set of Margaret Thatcher's ... Read More

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Rating: - beyond admirable and impressive; often BREATHTAKINGLY MOVING
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First published in 1997, and after the tremendous success of her memoirs "The Downing Street Years" and "The Path to Power", gathers fifty-nine of the Iron Lady's speeches, from her years as leader of the opposition, to her years as prime minister, to the time she stepped down in 1990, and through 1996.

Edited by Robin Harris, her trusted aide and adviser, a member of the prime minister's Policy Unit, director of the the Conservative Research Department, and a regular contributor to ... Read More

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Rating: - This is one very big book
I tell you, it's not easy to memorise every speech in this - but I'm working on it! An inspiring book by a very sexy lady.

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Rating: - not boring at all - good material, excellently written !
It is rare for books of 'collected speeches' or 'collected writings' not to be boring. But this book isn't. Perhaps because most if not all the speeches are thrilling and interesting, perhaps because they are excellently edited and written, perhaps because of their layout... All these things enabled the Rt. Hon. Lady Margaret The Baroness Thatcher to compile a truly fascinating collection of Her speeches during, before, and after Her years at Downing Street. For those interested in Thatcherism and British ... Read More

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Rating: - The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher dominated her party at a time when her party dominated British politics. This book is a valuable record of her formal speeches and the key parlamentary debates in which she took part. Robin Harris' editng makes the book easy to read and the policical philosophy of Margaret Thatcher comes through clearly from almost every page. In spite of the fact that he is obviously a commited supporter his notes and critiques of the individual speeches are relitivly disinterested and help to put them ... Read More

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