JD FOSTER: On NATO, To Quote Maverick In Top Gun, ‘Don’t Think, Just Do’
As Argentina threatened the Falklands in 1982, Sir Henry Leach, chief of the naval staff, told Prime Minister Thatcher , “I can put together a task force of destroyers, frigates, landing craft and support vessels. It…
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About Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
Everything about Margaret Thatcher →- Occupation
- politician, chemist, autobiographer, barrister
- Position held
- Leader of the Opposition, President-in-Office of the European Council, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Leader of the Conservative Party
- Born
- October 13, 1925
- Died
- April 8, 2013
- Website
- http://margaretthatcher.org