Автор: Mantel, Hilary Название: Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (Exp) ISBN: 0007579195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007579198 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 6060.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.Including a new story The School of English.
Автор: Woodward, Sandy (Author), Thatcher, Margaret (Fore Название: One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander ISBN: 1557506523 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781557506528 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 28910.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Written by the man who masterminded the British victory in the Falklands, this engrossing memoir chronicles events in the spring of 1982 following Argentina's takeover of the South Atlantic islands. Adm. Sandy Woodward, a brilliant military tactician, presents a complete picture of the British side of the battle. From the defeat of the Argentine air forces to the sinking of the Belgrano and the daring amphibious landing at Carlos Water, his inside story offers a revealing account of the Royal Navy's successes and failures.
At times reflective and personal, Woodward imparts his perceptions, fears, and reactions to seemingly disastrous events. He also reveals the steely logic he was famous for as he explains naval strategy and planning. His eyewitness accounts of the sinking of HMS Sheffield and the Battle of Bomb Alley are memorable.
Many Britons considered Woodward the cleverest man in the navy. French newspapers called him "Nelson." Margaret Thatcher said he was precisely the right man to fight the world's first computer war. Without question, the admiral's memoir makes a significant addition to the official record. At the same time it provides readers with a vivid portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare, where equipment is of astonishing sophistication but the margins for human courage and error are as wide as in the days of Nelson.
Автор: Moore Charles Название: Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 2: Everything She Wants ISBN: 0140279628 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140279627 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 16710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron LadyIn June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary majority in British electoral history. Over the next four years, as Charles Moore relates in this central volume of his uniquely authoritative biography, Britain's first woman prime minister changed the course of her country's history and that of the world, often by sheer force of will. The book reveals as never before how she faced down the Miners' Strike, transformed relations with Europe, privatized the commanding heights of British industry and continued the reinvigoration of the British economy.
It describes her role on the world stage with dramatic immediacy, identifying Mikhail Gorbachev as 'a man to do business with' before he became leader of the Soviet Union, and then persistently pushing him and Ronald Reagan, her great ideological soulmate, to order world affairs according to her vision. For the only time since Churchill, she ensured that Britain had a central place in dealings between the superpowers. But even at her zenith she was beset by difficulties.
The beloved Reagan two-timed her during the US invasion of Grenada. She lost the minister to whom she was personally closest to scandal and almost had to resign as a result of the Westland affair. She found herself isolated within her own government over Europe.
She was at odds with the Queen over the Commonwealth and South Africa. She bullied senior colleagues and she set in motion the poll tax. Both these last would later return to wound her, fatally.
In all this, Charles Moore has had unprecedented access to all Mrs Thatcher's private and government papers. The participants in the events described have been so frank in interview that we feel we are eavesdropping on their conversations as they pass. We look over Mrs Thatcher's shoulder as she vigorously annotates documents, so seeing her views on many particular issues in detail, and we understand for the first time how closely she relied on a handful of trusted advisors to help shape her views and carry out her will.
We see her as a public performer, an often anxious mother, a workaholic and the first woman in western democratic history who truly came to dominate her country in her time. In the early hours of 12 October 1984, during the Conservative party conference in Brighton, the IRA attempted to assassinate her. She carried on within hours to give her leader's speech at the conference (and later went on to sign the Anglo-Irish agreement).
One of her many left-wing critics, watching her that day, said 'I don't approve of her as Prime Minister, but by God she's a great tank commander.' This titanic figure, with all her capacities and all her flaws, storms from these pages as from no other book.
Автор: Mantel Hilary Название: Assassination of Margaret Thatcher ISBN: 0007580991 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007580996 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 8790.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light. Including a new story `The School of English`.
Автор: Thatcher Margaret Название: Path to Power ISBN: 000745662X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007456628 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 17590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher`s life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979.
Автор: Moore, Charles Название: Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 3 ISBN: 0241324742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241324745 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 30800.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Conceptual engineering is a newly flourishing branch of philosophy which investigates problems with our concepts and considers how they might be ameliorated: `truth`, for instance, is susceptible to paradox, and it`s not clear what `race` stands for. This is the first collective exploration of possibilities and problems of conceptual engineering.
Publishing to coincide with Meryl Streep's performance as one of the most infamous figures in postwar politics.
Whether you love her or hate her, Margaret Thatcher's impact on twentieth-century history is undeniable. From her humble, small-town upbringing to her rise to power as the United Kingdom's first female prime minister, to her dramatic fall from grace after more than three decades of service, celebrated biographer John Campbell delves into the story of this fascinating woman's life as no one has before. The result of more than nine years of meticulous research, "The Iron Lady" is the only balanced, unvarnished portrait of one of the most politically vital and controversial figures of our time.
Автор: Mantel Hilary Название: Assassination of Margaret Thatcher HB ISBN: 0007580975 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007580972 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 13190.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of `Wolf Hall` and `Bring Up the Bodies`.
Автор: Ian Thatcher Название: Late Imperial Russia : ISBN: 0719067871 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719067877 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 22510.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Unrivalled collection of contemporary British scholarship on the question of the stability of late imperial Russia; Useful summary of the historiography of the topics covered, including political, economic, social, cultural, and international history; Contains original accounts of some of the intellectuals of the time: Barnett`s.
Автор: Jenkins, Simon Название: Thatcher and sons ISBN: 0141006242 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141006246 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 14070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The history of Britain has been dominated by one figure - Margaret Thatcher. Her election marked a decisive break with the past and her premiership transformed not just her country, but the nature of democratic leadership. This is the story of the events, personalities, defeats and victories which are familiar to all those who lived through them.
Автор: Woodford Michael Название: Margaret Thatcher: A Margaret Thatcher Biography ISBN: 1797715100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781797715100 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12920.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
