This study presents Margaret Thatcher and her influence on British politics with the American reader in mind. Geelhoed interprets Thatcher’s strength and weaknesses as a political leader and analyzes the important trends in modern British politics. Drawing on the author’s own experience as an expatriate eyewitness to the latter part of the Thatcher era, interviews with numerous British scholars and political observers and an examination of the relevant published sources on the Thatcher years, this volume provides an analysis of her leadership and the closing years of her era.