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Title: The Path to Power by Margaret Thatcher ISBN: 0-00-255050-4 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Decent Memoir
Comment: This was a decent read, though I think that Lady Thatcher hastily wrote it as a prequel to the more celebrated "Downing Street Years." That being said, it was interesting to read about her rise from backbencher to Conservative Party leader. In grabbing the reigns of Tory leadership, she toppled a mindset that accepted Britain's economic decline as being part of "the natural order of things." She also offers insights on the European and international scene during the middle to late 1970s. On this, she criticized the idea of detente as being a recipe for disaster. The memoir ends with Britain's so-called Winter of Discontent, which propelled her into Downing Street.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fascinating tale from a remarkable woman
Comment: How did a young woman from nowhere (Thatcher describes her childhood background in the kindest way possible but it was the last place you'd expect to find greatness) rise to become a politician and then Prime Minister of Great Britain? Baroness Thatcher tells the story of her life with humor and restraint. She never uses being a woman as a crutch or excuse and although she obviously loved her husband and children the main focus of the book is what was going on in her head. Tough, stubborn and bold she slowly pushes forward through school, through a legal career, through the back benches and finally when the chance for the highest office in the land comes her way she pounces on it.
Path to Power is excellent reading for those who find Parliment to be incomprehensible, for those who wonder if an American woman can ever be another Thatcher and for those who simply like a Horatio Alger story. Now, is it a bit dry? Yep, it certainly is but you didn't really expect gooey girl talk from Margaret Thatcher, did you?
Rating: 4
Summary: Review of Path to Power: One view
Comment: Thatcher formulates political policy with precision, and her account of the pre-Downing street years is an interesting one. One is compelled to reckon ultimately with her abilities to communicate conservative policies with persuation and vigor during a time of sinking socalism in Britain. She marries subjective personal insights with cold, hard economic fact. Trade unions, the Heath government, the press, her fellow MP's are the all the subject of clear thinking analysis for the most part, some exceptions aside. She had her detractors, just has she does now, and she writes concisely about her efforts to frame issues in their ultimate consequences. Leading the movement to privitize nationalised industry was one of her strong points. She lets the reader in on how she herself was moved by events, admitting small misteps and regrets. I find very interesting the accounts of UK press reactions to her early speaches against Soviet subterfuge. She had her confidence tested leading up to the PM election, but with Labour government policies looking absurd to most Britains by 1978, she prevailed. It is a bit sad to read of her Tory MP confidants falling out of her favor. All and all a good personnalized account of UK Tory politics of the 1970's. Of most interest to this reader is her various accountings of the policy battles within the Heath government.
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Title: The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher ISBN: 0060170565 Publisher: Harpercollins Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Statecraft : Strategies for a Changing World by Margaret Thatcher ISBN: 0060959126 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Madam Prime Minister: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher (People in Focus) by Libby Hughes ISBN: 0595146384 Publisher: Backinprint.com Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher by Margaret Thatcher, Robin Harris ISBN: 0060187344 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 0743222245 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 09 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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