Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher - by Nicholas Wapshott (Paperback)

About the Book

Drawing on interviews with those closest to them, as well as on hundreds of recently declassified private letters and telephone calls, Wapshott depicts a complex, personal, and sometimes argumentative relationship between these two unlikely political soulmates. 8-page b&w photo insert.

Book Synopsis

New details of the remarkable relationship between two leaders who teamed up to change history.

It's well known that Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were close allies and kindred political spirits. During their eight overlapping years as U.S. president and UK prime minister, they stood united for free markets, low taxes, and a strong defense against communism. But just how close they really were will surprise you.

Nicholas Wapshott finds that the Reagan-Thatcher relationship was much deeper than an alliance of mutual interests. Drawing on extensive interviews and hundreds of recently declassified private letters and telephone calls, he depicts a more complex, intimate, and occasionally combative relationship than has previously been revealed.

Review Quotes

?Nicholas Wapshott, with access to their unpublished correspondence, gives us a nuanced?and immensely readable? portrait of how Reagan and Thatcher resolved their differences in leading the world out of incipient chaos. This is a shrewd and affecting portrait.?
?Tina Brown, author of "The Diana Chronicles"

?I can recommend a rattling good read with lots of new material on their previously private meetings and correspondence.?
?"National Review"

?Briskly written, perceptive, and, ultimately, moving.?
?"New York Sun"

?Wapshott is insightful and exhaustive.?
?"Publishers Weekly"



aNicholas Wapshott, with access to their unpublished correspondence, gives us a nuancedaand immensely readablea portrait of how Reagan and Thatcher resolved their differences in leading the world out of incipient chaos. This is a shrewd and affecting portrait.a
aTina Brown, author of "The Diana Chronicles"
aI can recommend a rattling good read with lots of new material on their previously private meetings and correspondence.a
a"National Review"
aBriskly written, perceptive, and, ultimately, moving.a
a"New York Sun"
aWapshott is insightful and exhaustive.a
a"Publishers Weekly"

About the Author

Nicholas Wapshott is the author of Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics and Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage. A former senior editor at the Times of London and the New York Sun, he is now international editor at Newsweek. He lives in New York City.