Margaret Thatcher - Statecraft

William Collins

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2002

Copyright © Margaret Thatcher 2002

Maps and graphics by Peter Harper

Margaret Thatcher asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library

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Source ISBN: 9780007150649

Ebook Edition © MAY 2017 ISBN: 9780008264048

Version: 2017-06-01

This book is dedicated to Ronald Reagan

To whom the world owes so much

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Copyright Copyright Dedication List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction 1. Cold War Reflections 2. The American Achievement 3. The Russian Enigma 4. Asian Values 5. Asian Giants 6. Rogues, Religions and Terrorism 7. Human Rights and Wrongs 8. Balkan Wars 9. Europe – Dreams and Nightmares 10. Britain and Europe – Time to Renegotiate 11. Capitalism and its Critics Postscript: Runnymede Keep Reading Footnotes Index Acknowledgements About the Author Also By About the Publisher William Collins An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2002 Copyright © Margaret Thatcher 2002 Maps and graphics by Peter Harper Margaret Thatcher asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks HarperCollins Publishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication Source ISBN: 9780007150649 Ebook Edition © MAY 2017 ISBN: 9780008264048 Version: 2017-06-01

Dedication Dedication Dedication List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction 1. Cold War Reflections 2. The American Achievement 3. The Russian Enigma 4. Asian Values 5. Asian Giants 6. Rogues, Religions and Terrorism 7. Human Rights and Wrongs 8. Balkan Wars 9. Europe – Dreams and Nightmares 10. Britain and Europe – Time to Renegotiate 11. Capitalism and its Critics Postscript: Runnymede Keep Reading Footnotes Index Acknowledgements About the Author Also By About the Publisher This book is dedicated to Ronald Reagan To whom the world owes so much

List of Illustrations List of Illustrations At Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, March 1991. (Personal collection) Receiving an honorary doctorate at Brigham Young University, Utah, March 1996. (Personal collection) At the launch of Ever Result at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Kobe, October 1994. (Personal collection) With Jiang Zemin in Beijing, September 1991. (Personal collection) Being met by Li Peng, Beijing, September 1991. (Personal collection) Meeting Lee Teng Hui, Taipei, September 1992. (Courtesy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan) Graffiti in Kuwait City, November 1991. (Personal collection) Talks with Yitzhak Rabin, Israel, November 1992. (Personal collection) Visiting Vukovar hospital, September 1998. (Personal collection)

List of Tables List of Tables NATO Defence Expenditure Free Countries Government Spending and Unemployment International Labour Costs Overseas Investment Trade Blocs Freedom and Prosperity Fertility Rates

Introduction

1. Cold War Reflections

2. The American Achievement

3. The Russian Enigma

4. Asian Values

5. Asian Giants

6. Rogues, Religions and Terrorism

7. Human Rights and Wrongs

8. Balkan Wars

9. Europe – Dreams and Nightmares

10. Britain and Europe – Time to Renegotiate

11. Capitalism and its Critics

Postscript: Runnymede

Keep Reading

Footnotes

Index

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Also By

About the Publisher

At Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, March 1991. (Personal collection)

Receiving an honorary doctorate at Brigham Young University, Utah, March 1996. (Personal collection)

At the launch of Ever Result at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Kobe, October 1994. (Personal collection)

With Jiang Zemin in Beijing, September 1991. (Personal collection)

Being met by Li Peng, Beijing, September 1991. (Personal collection)

Meeting Lee Teng Hui, Taipei, September 1992. (Courtesy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan)

Graffiti in Kuwait City, November 1991. (Personal collection)

Talks with Yitzhak Rabin, Israel, November 1992. (Personal collection)

Visiting Vukovar hospital, September 1998. (Personal collection)

NATO Defence Expenditure

Free Countries

Government Spending and Unemployment

International Labour Costs

Overseas Investment

Trade Blocs