Statecraft. Margaret Thatcher

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2002

      Copyright © Margaret Thatcher 2002

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      Source ISBN: 9780007150649

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Dedication

      This book is dedicated to Ronald Reagan

      To whom the world owes so much

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Introduction

1. Cold War Reflections

2. The American Achievement

3. The Russian Enigma

4. Asian Values

       5. Asian Giants

       6. Rogues, Religions and Terrorism

       7. Human Rights and Wrongs

       8. Balkan Wars

       9. Europe – Dreams and Nightmares

       10. Britain and Europe – Time to Renegotiate

       11. Capitalism and its Critics

       Postscript: Runnymede

       Keep Reading

       Footnotes

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Also By

       About the Publisher

List of Illustrations

       At Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, March 1991. (Personal collection)

       Receiving an honorary doctorate at Brigham Young University, Utah, March 1996. (Personal collection)

       At the launch of Ever Result at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Kobe, October 1994. (Personal collection)

       With Jiang Zemin in Beijing, September 1991. (Personal collection)

       Being met by Li Peng, Beijing, September 1991. (Personal collection)

       Meeting Lee Teng Hui, Taipei, September 1992. (Courtesy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan)

       Graffiti in Kuwait City, November 1991. (Personal collection)

       Talks with Yitzhak Rabin, Israel, November 1992. (Personal collection)

       Visiting Vukovar hospital, September 1998. (Personal collection)

List of Tables

       NATO Defence Expenditure

       Free