Front Cover; INTRODUCTION Why Margaret Thatcher's Leadership Matters Today; CHAPTER ONE The Iron Lady; CHAPTER TWO Thatcherism; CHAPTER THREE The Twilight of Socialist Britain; CHAPTER FOUR The Thatcher Revolution; CHAPTER FIVE America Must Avoid European-Style Decline; CHAPTER SIX Rejecting Appeasement: Lessons from the Cold War; CHAPTER SEVEN The Leadership Lessons of the Falklands War; CHAPTER EIGHT Keeping America Secure and Confronting Terrorism; CHAPTER NINE America Must Lead; CHAPTER TEN The Ten Principles of Successful Conservative Leadership; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; INDEX.
Summary
This inspirational and practical guide for conservatives combines stories from Lady Thatcher's life with principles and strategies conservatives can apply to their challenges today. Nile Gardiner and Stephen Thompson outline the critical lessons conservatives can learn from Lady Thatcher on articulating conservative principles to a broader audience, cutting through bureaucratic messes to achieve goals, and standing up to aggressive regimes.