Robin Renwick: Lord Renwick of Clifton, is former British Ambassador to the United States. Now a crossbench peer in the British House of Lords, during a long career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he became one of Margaret Thatcher's most valued advisers on foreign policy.
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Prologue ix Introduction xvii I 'So clearly the best man among them' 1 II 'The odd woman out' 13 III 'A long-standing source of grief ' 27 IV 'That little ice-cold bunch of land down there' 41 V 'This is democracy and our islands' 65 VI 'One country, two systems' 81 VII 'Getting our money back' 93 VIII 'What British politician will ever 107 really understand Northern Ireland?' IX 'Time for some straight talking with 123 our American friends' X 'I felt as if there had been an 149 earthquake under my feet' XI 'A special relationship' 163 XII 'The whole world will be against you, led by me' 179 XIII 'A very powerful lady - someone I would 195 rather have as an ally than an enemy' AJourneyWithMargaretThatcher 11032013.indd 5 11/03/2013 17:26 XIV 'If you try to buck the market, 211 the market will buck you' XV 'An unambiguous failure' 225 XVI 'No time to go wobbly' 245 XVII 'A single currency is not the 255 policy of this government' XVIII 'The United States can be relied upon to 267 do the right thing in the end, having first exhausted the available alternatives' XIX 'The conveyor belt to federalism' 271 XX 'Signposts and weathervanes' 279 Acknowledgements 291 Notes 293 Index 299
Prologue ix Introduction xvii I 'So clearly the best man among them' 1 II 'The odd woman out' 13 III 'A long-standing source of grief ' 27 IV 'That little ice-cold bunch of land down there' 41 V 'This is democracy and our islands' 65 VI 'One country, two systems' 81 VII 'Getting our money back' 93 VIII 'What British politician will ever 107 really understand Northern Ireland?' IX 'Time for some straight talking with 123 our American friends' X 'I felt as if there had been an 149 earthquake under my feet' XI 'A special relationship' 163 XII 'The whole world will be against you, led by me' 179 XIII 'A very powerful lady - someone I would 195 rather have as an ally than an enemy' AJourneyWithMargaretThatcher 11032013.indd 5 11/03/2013 17:26 XIV 'If you try to buck the market, 211 the market will buck you' XV 'An unambiguous failure' 225 XVI 'No time to go wobbly' 245 XVII 'A single currency is not the 255 policy of this government' XVIII 'The United States can be relied upon to 267 do the right thing in the end, having first exhausted the available alternatives' XIX 'The conveyor belt to federalism' 271 XX 'Signposts and weathervanes' 279 Acknowledgements 291 Notes 293 Index 299
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