A JOURNEY WITH MARGARET THATCHER: FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE IRON LADY

Book ID/图书代码： 12100013B61977

English Summary/英文概要： A Journey with Margaret Thatcher is an extraordinary insider s account of British foreign policy under Margaret Thatcher by one of her key advisers. Providing a closeup view of the Iron Lady in action, former high-ranking diplomat Robin Renwick examines her diplomatic successes including the defeat of aggression in the Falklands, what the Americans felt to be the excessive influence she exerted on Ronald Reagan, her special relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev and contribution to the ending of the Cold War, the Anglo-Irish agreement, her influence with de Klerk in South Africa and relationship with Nelson Mandela and what she herself acknowledged as her spectacular failure in resisting German reunification. He describes at first hand her often turbulent relationship with other European leaders and her arguments with her Cabinet colleagues about European monetary union (in which regard, he contends, her arguments have stood the test of time better and are highly relevant to the crisis in the eurozone today). Finally, the book tells of her bravura performance in the run up to the Gulf War, her calls for intervention in Bosnia and the difficulties she created for her successor. While her faults were on the same scale as her virtues, Margaret Thatcher succeeded in her mission to restore Britain s standing and influence, in the process becoming a cult figure in many other parts of the world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《撒切尔的从政岁月》是从她玛格丽特从政期间一位重要顾问，用另类角度洞悉其外交政策的一部记录。聚焦了撒切尔夫人身前的一系列重要外交政治举措，前高级外交官罗宾•伦维克评述了这位铁娘子的外交政绩，其中包括入驻马岛的失利，美国民众认为她对前总统罗纳德•里根的过度影响、以及她与前苏联总书记米哈伊尔•戈尔巴乔夫的特别关系，以及她本人对冷战结束所作出的功绩、英格兰与爱尔兰的协议、她在当时对南非总统德克勒克的影响和她与纳尔逊•曼德拉的关系，并且公认自己在反对德国统一的角色上的失利。本书的作者直述了这位政坛铁娘子与其他欧洲领导之间不稳定的关系，和她与她与自己内阁同僚们关于欧洲货币联盟的激励争论(作者高度地评价了撒切尔经受了时间考验的言论，她曾经的预言与今天的欧元危机有着密切的关系)。最后，本书描述了这位政坛女性在海湾战争中的出色表现，她呼叫干预波斯尼亚，而她的政绩也为她的后继者创造了难以逾越的困难。而她身上的缺点与她的贤良一样，玛格丽特•撒切尔在她执政期间，恢复了英国在国际社会上曾有的地位和影响，在这一过程中她也让自己扬名海外。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：An insider s account of Thatcher the stateswoman......a book she would have loved to have seen published". --The Times

About the Author/作者介绍： Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. During a long and illustrious career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he has been a Private Secretary to the Minister of State, a political adviser, Assistant Under-Secretary of State and Ambassador to South Africa and then the United States.

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