How did Margaret Thatcher change and divide Britain? How did her model of combative female leadership help shape the way
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Table of contents :
Vol. 1: From Grantham to the Falklands --
pt. I: The approach, 1925-1959 --
Grantham --
Scholarship girl --
Love and war at Oxford --
Essex girl --
Dartford and romance --
Marriage, the law and Finchley --
pt. II: Parliament, 1959-1979 --
Member, minister --
Opposition, 1964-1970 --
Milksnatcher --
Who governs Britain? --
The gelding and the filly --
The iron lady --
Trapped in moderation --
Labour isn't working --
May 1979 --
pt. III: Power, 1979-1982 --
Downing Street --
'Cuts' --
Our doubts are traitors --
Not for turning --
Russia ... and Reagan --
Hunger in Ireland --
The 1981 budget and beyond --
The Falklands invasion --
Victory.